Chapter 696: Boys and Girls, Catch Them All in One Fell Swoop! (Happy Lantern Festival)

Du Hao is the matchmaker.

To be precise, Gu Miao needed him to go to Hollywood again and talk with them about the project of "The Lion King".

Wanbao alone cannot afford this project...

It’s not a lack of technical funds.

The main reason why Hollywood giants are involved is for "global distribution".

Otherwise, what would happen even if Wanbao produced "The Lion King" on its own? Without the ability to distribute globally, it can only be released domestically and even in a few countries in East Asia, so it would be better not to film it at all!

After all, when making this thing, it is aimed at the global market. It cannot be distributed globally and its influence is greatly reduced. Why would Wanbao do such a thing?

"Will they say yes?"

Du Hao was a little skeptical. After all, in his opinion, this project was not as attractive as imagined. Whether people would like it or not was one thing!

"Trust me, it's no problem."

Gu Miao raised her eyebrows and said, "If it doesn't work, just tell them that this cooperation is the basis for future cooperation!"

Wanbao is not a small company.

As an animation industry giant that is one of the best in East Asia and even the entire Asian region, and can even be said to be the absolute king, Wanbao has a lot of big IPs in its hands.

Hollywood has hinted more than once or twice that Wanbao can cooperate with its IPs such as "Sailor Moon", "Yu-Gi-Oh!" and "Pokémon".

Gu Miao naturally knew the value and potential of Wanbao itself.

Therefore, he has full confidence and certainty in whether the "Lion King" project can attract Hollywood giants to join the project.

"Of course, negotiations are negotiations."

"As for IP copyright ownership and peripheral derivatives, there is no need to discuss it with them. This is the bottom line of our Wanbao." Gu Miao explained.

Box office accounts, DVDs and video tapes, these can be compromised appropriately. Even if you take a little less temporarily, you still have to hold on to the copyright in your hand.

And there's one more thing.

That is the investment for the film "The Lion King". It is not expected to be too low, at least tens of millions of dollars to start with.

If you want to join the ranks of sharing the cake, you have to express it. You can't let the Wanbao family bear all the production costs, right?

"How many...tens of millions of dollars?"

When Du Hao heard this, he couldn't help but stammered: "Do we really have to spend so much money? We didn't spend so much money when we were filming "Horse Galloping" before!"

"This is normal……"

Gu Miao shook her head.

From the beginning of its birth, the movie "The Lion King" project has been aiming for globalization, and with the joining of Hollywood giants, it has become the top cast in the industry.

Tens of millions of dollars sounds like a lot.

But compared with those Hollywood science fiction blockbusters that often cost hundreds of millions of dollars to produce, what is this?

to be honest.

This production budget is still quite stable and conservative, and there is no "100-million-yuan" dream masterpiece right out of the gate.

40-50 million US dollars, which is equivalent to about 250-300 million RMB, of which Wanbao can contribute up to 200 million, and the rest depends on the platter.

The so-called platter, to put it bluntly, is similar to the "crowdfunding" model.

It's just that the crowdfunding targets are all major film investors, film producers, and distributors.

…

Du Hao took the project with him and boarded the plane to the United States under the expectant eyes of everyone in the company.

Not long after he left, Gu Miao received a message from his wife that the new home of the couple and Xiao Sensen was finally decorated and ready for move-in.

"It's really like spending money like water..."

After the decoration is completed, it’s time to settle the bill.

Because the decoration team that Gu Miao hired was actually people transferred from Feiyang Real Estate by Mr. Xiong, as well as the decoration materials, so the money could not be owed in arrears and could only be settled on time.

Don't think it's cheap.

Gu Miao's new home cost more than 20 million yuan just to decorate it. When he was paying the bill, he didn't know how many times he cursed the prodigal woman.

Speechless!

He really didn't understand how a broken bathtub and broken toilet could be sold for hundreds of thousands or even millions? The key is that my daughter-in-law also bought it. Isn’t this just a big injustice?

Complaints are complaints, the money has been spent, there is no point in complaining.

After all, it was his new home. After Gu Miao moved in, he specially called all his relatives and friends to have a delicious dinner together.

"Your villa is too small."

After taking two sips of wine, Mr. Bear said carelessly: "If your parents don't move here, it's just you and your family of three who will live there for the time being. That won't be a problem."

"But if you give birth to a second child and hire two nannies, when the child grows older, you will feel that the area is too small."

"I'm not as generous as you!"

"How about hiring two nannies? I can't even afford one. Now I'm penniless and extremely poor..."

Gu Miao raised her wine glass and clinked it with Mr. Xiong, and then asked: "How is the performance of "The Prince Consort's Escort" you mentioned before?"

"Don't worry, it's no problem!"

Mr. Little Bear raised his eyebrows and said with great satisfaction: "It doesn't matter whether it's embarrassing or not, I don't care at all now, as long as I can make money."

"Let me tell you, I not only sell tofu, I also sell oranges..."

Ah this? !

After listening to Mr. Xiong's narration, even Gu Miao couldn't help but be surprised by his actions.

This guy is really fierce!

Since receiving Gu Miao's guidance last time, Mr. Xiong went back and voted for a prostitution animation featuring "two male protagonists", namely "The Prince Consort's Escort".

Not only that, he has also set his sights on the field of "orange-flavored" and is preparing to cast another "tangerine-flavored animation" with "double heroines" selling ambiguous orange flavor.

Boys and girls, catch them all in one fell swoop!

"You are this..."

Gu Miao gave him a thumbs up and praised him: "I'm convinced, I'm really convinced! If you have such a brain, how did you become autistic when you were working on Feiyang Animation?"

It doesn’t make sense!

Why haven't you noticed before that Mr. Bear has such a bright mind?

He has such a brain, how did he come up with a FW thing like "Haiwa" before, and was whipped to death, causing the company to go bankrupt?

"Ahem, don't mention Haiwa!"

Little Bear always showed a constipated expression and said, "I have a strange disease that makes me sick whenever I hear the name."

"Isn't this something I didn't think about before? I always want to save the national comic, save this and that, and imagine that I am the protagonist and the savior of everyone..."

As a result, reality slapped him in the face.

How about saving Chinese comics?

Save yourself first! If you have the ability, just show off. If you don't have the ability, just be honest. Just do whatever animation makes money.

Mr. Little Bear is now in a state of "great enlightenment", let alone shit like "Haiwa".

Gu Miao feels that even if projects like "Tom and Jerry" and "The Lion King" that can leave a name in the history of animation are placed in front of him, he will not be tempted.

Maybe he will even spit out:

"What Gou Ba thing? I don't think it's as interesting as men selling sex, women selling oranges, cheating love triangles, and tomb robbing Furry!"

Typical obsession...

Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. I wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival in advance!