Hello 1983 - Chapter 1104

  Chapter 1104 Such a big ambition (seeking a monthly ticket)

   “Watching a movie!”

  Getting off the car at the entrance of a movie theater, the little six cheered, and then dragged the fourth and fifth children to go shopping.

  What kind of popcorn, drinks, and various snacks, of course, all of them are indispensable.

  Liu Yinfeng followed them with Xiaolulu in her arms, and was responsible for paying the money.

  Xiaolulu also grabbed a few pieces of buttered popcorn with her little hands and stuffed them into her little mouth.

  Liu Qingshan took Wu Tong’s hand and looked at all this with a smile.

   Du Jiaxing, who was in charge of buying tickets, quickly came back holding the money: “Cousin, which one should we look at first, the panda or the toy?”

   “Of course it’s a national treasure!”

  The little fourth came back from shopping, yelling, if it weren’t for the fact that he couldn’t free his hands and had to knock Du Jiaxing on the head twice, he would never have seen such a stupid person.

   “My classmates said they want to watch Toy Story.” Du Jiaxing muttered, and then hurried to buy tickets.

  Liu Qingshan smiled unconsciously: “I have to watch it anyway.”

   After buying the tickets and entering the theater, the movie theater is also very interesting. Here is a poster promoting pandas, and there is a poster promoting toys. It really looks like a ring.

   There are quite a few people queuing up to buy tickets on both sides, usually parents leading their children.

   Entered the movie hall where Kung Fu Panda was played. It was very lively inside. There were many children holding Po’s puppet in their arms.

  After the movie started, children’s laughter rang out from time to time in the theater. Po was really useless at the beginning, and it is estimated that this is where the useless flow started.

  But when Ah Bao turned into the dragon hero, fought fiercely against the snow leopard dragon, and finally defeated his opponent, every little doll almost slapped their little hands red.

   “Kung Fu, Kung Fu!”

  The yelling of the little six quickly turned into a uniform slogan in the theater, and the little boys all waved their fists and shouted hoarsely.

  When the children got tired of shouting, the fourth child took the lead in shouting: “Panda, Panda!”

  So a new wave was set off.

   “Big fat, big fat.” Xiaolulu also shouted, making everyone around him laugh.

  Liu Qingshan reached out and clapped Wu Tong: “A great animated movie!”

   This is really a very good animation movie, which has strong Chinese elements, and martial arts is better than the original version.

   Specially hired martial artists to design movements such as snake boxing, mantis boxing, monkey boxing and so on.

  The music is also very good. It was relaxed and funny at the beginning, and the fighting scenes incorporated percussion such as drums.

  Especially the music of Ah Bao’s appearance as a Jackie Chan warrior, which is the prelude to the Knife Club, which is simply explosive.

  The reactions of these children at the scene made Wu Tong’s face full of joy and pride, and the little worry that was still in his heart completely disappeared.

  When the lights came on, the staff asked the audience to leave, and many children were still reluctant to leave.

  A little boy gestured twice: “I am the Dragon Warrior, I know KungFu, believe it or not, I will blow you up?”

  The staff member is also very interesting: “Oh, of course I believe it, but Dragon Warrior is to uphold justice and maintain peace, so you can’t hit me.”

   “Okay.” The little boy could only exit resentfully.

  Liu Qingshan and the others moved to the next cinema hall to watch Toy Story.

   This side is equally beautiful, with novel animated images, interesting stories, and entertaining. The two images of Woody and Buzz Lightyear will surely penetrate into the hearts of children.

   “It’s really good. It turns out that computers can also produce such good animations.” Wu Tong couldn’t stop praising.

   “Computer animation is also the future development trend.” Liu Qingshan also nodded.

   “Then shall we also start to introduce equipment and try in this area?” Wu Tong will not rest on her laurels, on the contrary, in the field of animation, her sense of smell is very amazing.

  Liu Qingshan nodded: “Of course there is no problem. I am responsible for the equipment, and I can also help hire technical directors. They are the most powerful in the Pixar team.”

  Wu Tong took advantage of others not paying attention, and gently kissed Liu Qingshan on the face.

   “Mom, I want to kiss you too.” Who knows, the little deer has sharp eyes.

  Wu Tong didn’t feel her pretty face blushing, and gently twisted Liu Qingshan, but was seen by her daughter again: “Don’t bully Dad!”

  Hahaha, Liu Qingshan laughed and hugged his daughter, then led his family out of the screening room.

  The next day, the newspapers started arguing with each other. Some supported Kung Fu Panda, some supported Toy Story, some liked Po, and some liked Woody and Buzz Lightyear.

   As a result, there is a wave of movie watching. After all, if you want to criticize others, you must first find out the shortcomings of the other party.

  So the opposing sides began to secretly watch the movies supported by the other side. After watching them, they felt that they were also good, so traitors began to appear.

  Two animated films, each with its own merits, at the end of this summer vacation, set off a frenzy of animation, sweeping the entire North American continent.

   At the box office, they chased each other and took the lead alternately, and soon both broke through the $100 million mark.

   This has certainly been announced, and both animated films have been hugely successful.

  The production cost of Toy Story is higher, 30 million US dollars, and now it has been recovered.

  Kung Fu Panda cost less than 10 million to make, and profit is a sure thing.

  Mainstream media have also given high praise to these two animation films, and both have become masterpieces recommended for children to watch.

  When the summer vacation was over and the two movies ended, the toy earned more than 400 million box office, which was higher than the original version, which was more than 300 million.

   Kung Fu Panda has earned more than 600 million box office worldwide, and the company under the big tree has gained both fame and fortune this time, with at least more than 200 million US dollars in the account.

   At this time, a newspaper revealed that the biggest profit was Columbia Pictures, and they released the two animated films, which accumulated more than one billion box office. Think about how big the gains are, right?

  The newspaper also praised at the end that this is a successful marketing case, which shows that Columbia has talented people.

   And movie fans didn’t feel fooled, which didn’t affect their liking in the slightest. Those animated characters have already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

   It is foreseeable that further sequels can be filmed in the future, which is really a lot of money.

   Even the market value of Columbia Pictures has soared.

  Having an excellent IP is a valuable asset for a film company.

  In addition to the box office, the peripherals of the two-step movie can also generate a lot of income.

  Especially for Toy Story, after the broadcast, many toy manufacturers received letters of intent for cooperation, hoping to be authorized to produce toys.

   If this aspect is done well, the income will not be worse than the box office at all, and it will still be a long-term meal ticket.

  Several other big film companies are envious, especially Disney and DreamWorks, have also begun to make efforts to make animated films.

   Among other things, the ability to attract money from animated movies is really not so strong.

   But Columbia is already one step ahead, especially with the best team in Pixar.

  The old story of Liu Qingshan’s acquisition of Pixar was also found out by interested people, and it was immediately touted as a successful investment case.

  The original purchase price was as high as 100 million yuan, and many people laughed at it as being taken advantage of.

   Now there is nothing else to do, just this Toy Story, it will completely pay off.

   Moreover, the valuation of Pixar has now exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, and will continue to appreciate in the future.

  In fact, when it was acquired by Disney in 1996, Disney paid more than 7 billion in stock with a market value.

  Liu Qingshan is also sought after again. After all, in the United States, people who can create wealth legends are more popular than the president. The president is basically a poor guy whose shoes are thrown.

  He has also accepted many interview invitations from magazines and TV stations, such as Forbes and Fortune.

  Liu Qingshan finally chose Forbes and agreed on a time for the interview.

   But before that, he had to bid farewell to Xiao Lao Si, Wu Tong and others. School was about to start, and Xiao Lao Si should also go back to school.

  The fifth child also wanted to return to Lilan to continue her dream. Qian Yuzhen also thought about it, and did not stop her daughter.

  Wu Tong, after the success of Kung Fu Panda, is preparing to start a new plan and needs to return to China for preparation.

  The first step is to recruit people, and then bring them over to study and practice in Pixar Studios.

   That is to say, there is the boss Liu Qingshan, otherwise, those guys in Pixar studio would not teach outsiders.

  In the end, Liu Qingshan was left here with Li Tie and Li Tieniu. By the way, there was also the little six, but the little six went to wander around in several other Huaxia hospitals.

  Liu Qingshan mainly spends time at Pixar Studios, working with these creative staff to study the next step of animation film creation.

  The studio’s leading brother John Russell believes that they are ready to engage in the second part of Toy Story.

   “That way the audience will feel fatigued.” Liu Qingshan explained his opinion.

  Russell chuckled: “Boss, you must have a good idea, tell us about it?”

   So they were waiting here. Liu Qingshan didn’t mind Russell’s little tricks. Originally, he was going to give them some guidance so as not to go astray.

   After thinking about it for a while, Liu Qingshan said confidently: “We can actually make a general mobilization series.”

  Russell whistled: “Boss, you just said me, don’t you want to continue working on Toy Story?”

  Liu Qingshan waved his hand: “It doesn’t have to be Toy Story, it can be The Incredibles, it can be Robot Story, we want to turn Story into a huge series and become the symbol of Pixar!”

   It is obvious that the production staff headed by Russell have become short of breath.

  They never imagined that their boss would have such great ambitions.

   However, this is exactly what they need.

  So everyone got together and started saving notebooks, designing images, writing copywriting, regardless of whether they were photographed or not, they first got things out and registered first.

  This is Liu Qingshan’s plan: go his own way, leaving other film companies with nowhere to go.

  After Liu Qingshan told the storyline of Shrek, he was immediately welcomed by these guys. Russell said on the spot: Let’s do this!

   And Liu Qingshan was finally able to find time to accept an interview with Forbes magazine.

  (end of this chapter)