"Thank you, Xiao Jiang." After sitting down on the sofa, Long Wei suddenly said this.

"Ah?" Django was stunned for a moment, a little confused. He immediately thought it was referring to singing, and said immediately: "Brother Long, you should be polite. This is what you should do. It has been a big help to come to our show."

Seeing that he had misunderstood, Long Wei explained: "In fact, I had the idea of ​​gathering a group of action actors to act in a play for a long time, but I had never had a good script to implement. If it weren't for your "Superior Squad", it would have been difficult to achieve in this life."

As he said that, he took a sip of tea, looked out the floor-to-ceiling window, and the setting sun gradually sinking, like an old horse in the stable, with a kind of loneliness of a hero in his late twilight, and sighed: "It's just...ah, we old action actors have wrinkles on their faces and are slow in their movements, so they can't even beat them. If you don't accept old age, you can't do it."

People are born with a feeling of compassion for the world. Even the saints say "The dead are like this, and they will never leave day and night" when facing the river. When they are old, the city is a little sad. However, because of this, people pay more attention to their understanding of life.

Django said, "Actually, I envy you very much. I don't know if I can still maintain my passion like you at this age. Even though I know that 'life has been decades and the world is like water', I still have the ambition of 'in the sea and sky, how can I live forever'."

When Long Wei heard this, he looked at Django deeply. These words made his heart turbulent.

The filming of "The Expendables" was slow due to the large number of special effects gunfights and explosion scenes under the non-green screen, but it did not deviate from the original plan too much.

With the help of Long Wei, Rocky and others, the crew of "I Am Legend" can be more convenient to rent Washington Square in New York for on-site shooting, and the crew of "Fast and Furious Prequel" can also be filmed smoothly between the three countries M, Mexico and Dominic.

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Time flies very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the recording of the seventh episode of "Story of Time" ended, and there is only the last episode left.

Mo Lan returned from Country M and began the preliminary preparations for the movie "Lost in Thailand". It is expected to start filming after the May Day holiday.

At noon that day, the news that "Kung Fu Panda" was scheduled to be released on May 1st and the first trailer were released.

Huafeng Media has now surpassed Jiang Yong's scale and status when he was in power. The fans of the official blog have increased by five times, reaching 15 million, becoming the number one entertainment company.

This includes Fan Company, Fan Django, and Fan Huafeng Artist.

Liu Zhiyi is one of them. Django, who knew about "Things of That Rabbit That Year". After slowly getting to know each other, he became a loyal fan.

He is also a veteran 2D enthusiast and likes anime very much. He used to watch Japanese cartoons. When he saw the rise of Chinese cartoons, he turned his attention to Chinese cartoons.

As for the anime movie "Kung Fu Panda", he has been paying attention to it since the announcement of the project plan.

"The official trailer has finally come out."

Liu Zhiyi was a little excited.

First of all, the previous releases are all production highlights, and there is no information related to the plot or characters.

Secondly, "Kung Fu Panda" is different from "Those Things That Rabbit That Year", with the cost alone being as high as 300 million yuan. In addition, Django personally directed the script, and the dubbing lineup is the "Huafeng Artist" in the entertainment industry led by Xu Chenyi, Gu Yao, Qin Shiyue and others.

In short, judging from the early publicity, this is an anime movie full of sincerity.

However, during this period, there were many doubts.

"Those Things That Rabbit That Year" attracts the audience with a humorous style and fascinating animal image, combined with a series of important events in modern China.

However, a top-notch animated film has more and higher requirements, which requires not only wonderful stories, vivid images, delicate movements, appropriate music, substitute dubbing, but also exquisite pictures.

Rather than saying that these people have no confidence in the Huafeng Media Animation Department, they are not confident in the Chinese animation, because they are heartbroken by too many simple lines, single thinking, clichéd dubbing, strange views and special effects of 50 cents.

Liu Zhiyi's words are still very confident in Chinese comics, Huafeng, and Django.

At this time, he couldn't wait to click on the trailer for "Kung Fu Panda".

[On a magical land, a kung fu master trained five peerless masters, the fierce tiger, the spiritual crane, the fast mantis, the pretty little dragon and the golden monkey...]

Liu Zhi's eyes lit up, he moved the mouse and pulled the progress bar to the beginning.

"South China Tiger..."

"Red-crowned crane..."

"Chinese Blade Mantis..."

"Red-tailed Green Bamboo Snake..."

"Golden Monkey..."

He read it several times before he figured out the animal prototypes of the five peerless masters.

The title of the film is "Kung Fu Panda", but there is no "panda". It comes out several highly representative animals in China, with very national styles with very unique images and movements.

This surprise made only half of the worry in his heart.

The location jumped to the earth, and the time was to the summer of 2008. The film market was particularly interesting and lively because of a M country movie. It was the animated film "Kung Fu Panda" launched by DreamWorks. The protagonist of the film is Abao, a fat panda who is lazy but has a special liking for Kung Fu. It was this panda born in M ​​country that allowed our Chinese audience to relive the traditional Chinese culture with a profound heritage.

Many viewers sighed after watching the video, "The picture in front of them is simply shocking. I can't help but ask, are the native Chinese people who understand Chinese culture better or are these 'outsiders'?", and more people are questioning "Why can't Chinese people take their own 'Kung Fu Pandas'?"

Regardless of who understands Chinese culture better, from the perspective of filming alone, "Kung Fu Panda" was indeed a good animated film that was popular with audiences at that time, with fine production and excellent interpretation of Chinese elements.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Django chose it between "The Lotus Lantern", "The Return of the Great Sage", "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", "Kuiba", and "The Origin of the White Snake", considering that this is a family-friendly movie, and "Panda" and "Kung Fu" are world-famous. It is very suitable as Huafeng's first animated movie, and can be promoted at the same time at home and overseas.

Back to Liu Zhiyi.

In the picture, a panda with a relatively round body appears. Don’t think about it, this is the protagonist.

When he saw the title of "Kung Fu Panda", he was very surprised. If an animal knew martial arts, he immediately thought of many ferocious animals, such as lions, tigers, wolves, etc., and he never thought about putting the setting of kung Fu on the round panda.

And Django made such a bold attempt. In the animal world that advocates martial arts, there is such a panda that is very unsuitable for learning kung fu.

After Liu Zhiyi saw the image of panda, he did not feel particularly incongruent. Instead, he felt that he had integrated his cute, honest and honest image into his kung fu, which was more attractive and more anticipated.

The trailer is short and ends without realizing it.

Liu Zhi was still determined, and after watching the trailer, he felt a strong desire in his heart, wanting to watch this "Kung Fu Panda".

But there is still some time before May 1st, so there is no way to fast forward, so what should I do? I can only watch the trailer again to quench my thirst.

This time, he opened the barrage.

"Welcome back!"

The picture is occupied by rows of neat barrage, and there are obviously many people like Liu Zhiyi.

As time goes by, the number of views, barrage, likes, forwardings, and comments of the trailer "Kung Fu Panda" are increasing at a terrifying speed.

"Awesome, I can't believe that this is made by Chinese comics. The scenery is like a painting of ink painting, and the pictures are beautiful and elegant, making people immediately think of the beautiful Shuchuan Wolong."

"Yes, the picture has its own characteristics and strives for excellence. There is also the towering Wulin Temple, which is majestic and magnificent. The prototype should be the famous Wudang Mountain."

"The setting of the five heroes inside is interesting."

"Have you noticed that the skill of these animals' practices corresponds to the Xingyiquan, such as Crane Fist, Tiger Fist, Monkey Fist, Snake Fist, and Mantis Fist."

"My interest has been aroused, and I will definitely go and see it when it is released."

"It's not as unbearable as those so-called 'senior anime fans' said. It was produced by Huafeng, with Django's inspection and willing to invest money. At least the quality is guaranteed. Judging from the trailer, it is a first-class level."

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There are many voices that want to see, and there are still voices of doubt.

In the eyes of some people, animated movies are ultimately "animation". No matter how much money is invested or how well it is produced, it cannot change this essence.

Django believes that this is a normal phenomenon. Everyone has their own preferences. Not everyone likes the two-dimensional world and has different opinions. There is no problem at all.

What surprised him was that the president of Penguin Video came to him.

Ren Yuxin came here in person, giving her enough face, and her purpose was very obvious - she wanted to win the exclusive online communication rights of "Kung Fu Panda".

The film "Corpse Word" with only nine episodes has allowed Penguin Video to gain more than five million new members and return to old members, which shows its absorption capacity.

Django was quite satisfied with the quotation, with a share of 150 million, plus a share of 15%.

After talking about the exclusive online communication rights of "Kung Fu Panda", Ren Yuxin expressed her intention to cooperate with Huafeng Media for a long time.

ByteDance's Xigua Video has been doing this for a long time.

Django also did not agree. He held countless earth entertainment resources in his hand, and each work was full of variables. To put it in an exaggeration, it was a price per day.

If you sell the copyright early, you will definitely not be able to maximize your benefits.

Ren Yuxin did not give up easily and said, "Is there room for negotiation?"

Seeing that Django seemed to be thinking, he said tentatively: "For example, conditions."

When Django heard this, he casually said: "The exclusive section of Huafeng, and certain power."

Ren Yuxin frowned slightly.

If it’s money, it doesn’t matter if you make less money, the main purpose is to attract traffic.

But the exclusive sector and certain powers are barely acceptable, while the latter is definitely not possible.

"I want..." He looked at Django and said in a deep voice: "These two conditions you have, several major video platforms, will basically not agree to."

Django shrugged and said relaxedly: "I understand."

Ren Yuxin's mouth twitched, you understand and even asked!

But then again, with the strength Django has shown so much, TV series, movies, and animations, this requirement is not an exaggeration.

But no matter how powerful it is, this industry is full of unknowns. The audience's tastes change as soon as possible. No one can guarantee that every work will be successful. As the president of Penguin Video, everything must be focused on the interests of the company.

After chatting for a while, the meeting ended.

Ren Yuxin's mood is not good or bad. She has won the exclusive online communication rights of "Kung Fu Panda", but the cooperation has not been reached.

At the same time, movies are scheduled to be released on May Day this year.

The reason is quite simple. There is Django's movie, but this is an animated movie. Due to the audience limitations, the pressure of scheduling will be much less.
To be continued...