Among cartoons, puppet films, and paper-cut films, the latter is cheaper.

The Calabash Brothers itself is based on the folk legend of the Ten Brothers, created by the Shanghai Film Studio. The budget was too low and there was no money, so the ten brothers were cut into seven Calabash Babies.

Because there was no money, all the imaginary fairy tale scenes, gorgeous fights, etc. turned into caves, stones, and ordinary snake spirits and scorpion spirits.

Due to lack of money, various continuous stories were cut into 13 episodes of Calabash Baby. Let's continue... Compared with the original work, the quality has gradually declined.

The Calabash Baby series of cartoons is just like the 1986 version of Journey to the West TV series. The lack of money means the number of quality episodes is small.

The RMB earned from buying and selling waste paper is too much to spend on Journey to the West and Dream of Red Mansions. Spending 5 million to play the upgraded version of the Calabash Doll, paired with the Calabash Doll series toys, and future live-action sci-fi movies is the way to go.

If five million is not enough, just add more money. Ten million is nothing.

In fact, five million is quite generous. You have to remember that the original film cost more than 600,000 to shoot 13 episodes. In two or three years, there were various problems of currency depreciation and exchange rate changes.

In 1985, the price increase was 8.8%, in 1986 it was 6%, in 1987 it was more than 7%...

You now spent 5 million in one go in 1984. At first glance, compared to more than 600,000, it was less than 10 times. But after taking into account various off-site factors, it was more than ten times.

If you really give it 10 million, that’s twenty or thirty times the cost of the original work.

The lack of money is such that the Calabash brothers can drown the childhood memories of those born in the 80s and 90s. If you give enough money, are you afraid that you will lose influence?

Mainland China once led Asia in the field of cartoons. Ma Liang, Havoc in Heaven, and Nezha Havoc in the Sea. Which one is not a classic and can no longer be a classic?

If you spend enough money, there is no need for a Cantonese version. Just broadcast the Mandarin version on ATV every day, so that children and teenagers in Hong Kong can learn Mandarin from cartoons.

Lao Li was speechless and went out to do some work.

He felt that Zhao Zonghao was inhumane and too cruel, but when he thought about Zhao Sheng's script for Meteor Garden, he was just a nominal producer of the script, attracting all kinds of big names and spending tens of millions in advertising fees, and a large number of top brands.

Goods are free.

It seemed like spending money to make cartoons was just a trivial matter. He couldn't understand the world of rich people. As the director of ATV, he could just be responsible for the operation of the TV station!

He and the great director Xu Xiaoming are the two generals of Humph.

Before Director Li could walk out of the office, Zhao Donghuai said, "Wait a minute, for another 20 million yuan, I want to customize the animated version of the List of Gods."

"We've got it all done, let's go together and ask them if they need any internationally advanced equipment. If they do, buy it and send it over."

Calabash dolls can be animated, comics, toys, and then big movies in the future, or even gourd doll themed worlds in some amusement parks.

Is it also possible to have a live-action TV series in 1990? But it’s okay to let the animated version go first.

As long as the scope of the brainwashing is wide enough and it lasts for ten to twenty years, it will be a series of major projects that are even bigger than the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In other words, by bringing these two series together and getting involved in the comic industry, he can be regarded as saving the comic industry. As we all know, the original Hong Kong comics were too full of cuckold magic and pornographic magic.

As for the details of Huang Yulang's comic adaptation of The Condor Heroes and Dragon Knight, and the comic series... I can only say that he deserves to be named Huang?

Shangmei Film Studio is so short of money that it can make Calabash Baby into a super classic. There is no reason why it can't handle the animated version of Fengshen Bang. How could it not be possible? The small movie version of Nezha Haohai in 1979 has achieved so much.

Isn’t it produced by Shangmei Film Studio? The director, screenwriter, cinematographer, Mei Zhi, etc. of Nezha Naohai are all still young and strong. The original team is the best team to expand the Fengshenbang animated series.

Director Li looked dumbfounded, "No problem, I'll do it right away."

Spending 20 to 30 million yuan this year, which is equivalent to 50 to 60 million Hong Kong dollars in 1984, to make two cartoons... what a sin!

………………

Shangmei Film Studio.

In a certain office, Director Hu, who was nearly 50 years old, was still working on the follow-up script of Calabash Brothers, when he heard a rush of footsteps, not the footsteps of a single person.

When he adjusted his glasses frame and looked up at the door, he saw several figures hurriedly walking in.

Director Hu stood up suddenly, "Yan Chang? What are you..."

The first person to walk in was Director Yan, the boss of Shangmei Film Factory. Behind this director, there were also a group of factory leaders.

In Director Hu's surprise, Director Yan walked up to the desk, glanced at the tabletop, and laughed, "Old Hu, Old Hu, it's really yours. Is this another new script for Calabash Brothers?"

"Beautiful, well done. Mr. Zhao from Hong Kong didn't know where he learned that you were working on this cartoon. He came up with 5 million yuan to buy out the project."

"Five million!"

"Although it is not a foreign exchange earner, this is definitely a great event for our factory!"

Where did Zhao Donghuai hear the news? Is this important? After creating the storyboard for the first episode in March 1984, Director Hu began to apply for projects and go through the process, hoping that the factory would support him in making this cartoon.

It's already September.

For half a year, the leadership team headed by Director Yan still has not made up its mind... But everyone has discussed this project many times, and there have been many meetings and discussions at the conference. It is not that this project is not good.

It's a lack of money!

We don’t have enough money, so we naturally have to study and discuss it. After all, the Shanmei Film Studio in Nuovo University has more than one or two projects, such as Nezha Naohai, which we created before. It was an animated film that won awards at various domestic and foreign film festivals.

There have been so many discussions, so many people know about the situation, and Zhao Sheng from Hong Kong is also a big shot in the film and television industry. Do we still need to delve into the details of who Zhao Sheng heard about this matter from?

Director Hu was shocked, "5 million??"

He was shocked and stunned by the huge amount of money for a moment. After all, he wanted to shoot the Calabash Brothers again and again, so he applied for proposals and studied them in the factory. Because he had no money, the supportive leaders would only consider giving him 500,000 yuan at most...

This is not like after a few years, although the money given was more, it depreciated quickly.

Director Yan patted Director Hu on the shoulder, "Since you created this project, I ask you now, do you want to sell it? Selling refers to various broadcast rights and copyrights. Mr. Zhao from Hong Kong offered 5 million, or...

I specifically asked you to start a team creation."

Director Hu was ecstatic, "I will continue to direct, and the production fee will be 5 million??"

What kind of fairy pie is this? As long as we can continue to produce it, copyright and all, selling it at such a high price now is definitely a super profit.

Director Yan nodded, his eyes and posture were very sure.

Director Hu immediately said, "No problem, leave everything to me. If you really have a production fee of 5 million, then you won't have to wait and see for about ten episodes." With a budget of about 00,000, no matter how much you save, you want to make a film that can withstand thousands of movies.

A quality cartoon of the era that has been tested by millions of viewers, that is, it has only ten episodes to make it to the top.

But, even if you give him 2 million, he can produce at least thirty episodes!

Director Yan laughed, "Let's go to the meeting. Go to the meeting. You can recruit the best soldiers in our factory. Did Mr. Zhao finally pay attention to the animation field after working on the live-action version of Journey to the West and Dream of Red Mansions?"

"After this project is completed, as long as he is satisfied, our factory will have no shortage of benefits!"

Zhao Donghuai spent tens of millions of RMB each on the productions of Journey to the West and Dream of Red Mansions, and he was constantly urging...the two big production crews over there were able to speed up the filming of 10 or 20 episodes of TV series in half a year.

Now that we are entering the field of cartoons, Shangmei Factory will also become rich!

On the way to the meeting with Director Hu, Director Yan also revealed another piece of news, that is, Zhao Sheng spent another 20 million yuan on an animated series called "Feng Shen Yan Yi".

Well, Nezha Naohai, the animated film that won various awards at home and abroad, was directed by Director Yan!

He can become the director of the factory this year, and Nezha Naohai's boost cannot be underestimated.

This Fengshen Romance animated series is naturally a project that is being pursued by factory owner Yan. "I feel a little unsure about the Fengshen animated series. I am afraid that if the filming is not good, our factory will be stabbed in the spine. After the meeting, I have to

I just need to pay a visit to Wan Lao and ask him to come out and help me check."

The Wan Lao he was talking about was the one who produced the Uprising cartoon in the 1960s.

The man is currently 84 years old, but is in good health. He is not only the creator of Trouble in Heaven, but he is also the founder of China Animation Film and a world-class animation master.

His status and authority in the field of world animation are such that he could write dozens of papers in detail.

As long as Mr. Zhao from Hong Kong dares to strongly support them? They will naturally have the confidence to look at the global animation field and not be afraid of all kinds of opponents.

In this era, mainland animated films are really good.

………………

When the Shanghai Film Studio was in full swing, it was on a street in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Island.

Xiao Yingying said to an older man in his 30s with a face full of laughter and tears, "Thank you very much, Mr. Liu, for being considerate, but I really can't accept such an expensive gift."

She also didn't expect that during the summer vacation, she came to ATV to participate in the "Modern Diao Chan Campaign" program, and she just appeared on the stage and quietly sang a song "Courage of Zhou Huimin".

The next day, Liu Sheng, who claimed to be a tall man who loves beauty, called her and wanted to invite her to dinner or something, but she didn't go. After all, this was an uncle who was not much younger than her father.

Now this is the third time that Liu has come to visit her. She was shopping before and was met by chance. The gift that Liu wanted to give her was a piece of jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

Xiao Yingying...she was quite speechless. The jewelry was good, but Xiao Yingying was actually from a good background. She was not rich, but her family was comfortable. She had been pampered by her parents and brother since she was a child.

There are many boys chasing her in school. She is only 16 years old and she really doesn’t want to have anything to do with an uncle of Liu’s age.

Da Liu said with a surprised look, "Yingying, you are really a good girl. I don't mean anything else. I just think you are innocent and cute. I want to get to know you and make friends. This is nothing. Just accept it."

"I just want to support you and see you go further in the ATV program."

Xiao Yingying looked at the jewelry necklace and smiled brightly, "Liu Sheng, I really can't accept it, it's too expensive. I'm very grateful to you. Otherwise, if you want to support me, why not buy a few more pairs of my personal Diao Chan women's shoes?"

“The more Diao Chan shoes I sell personally, the higher my points will be, and I will have the opportunity to go on stage next time and have the opportunity to compete with those famous stars.”

Liu Luanxiong waved his hand grandly, "It's just a few pairs of shoes..."

He decisively called his subordinates to buy hundreds of pairs of Xiao Yingying's personal women's shoes.

A pair costs several hundred yuan, which is only a few hundred thousand yuan.

The last time he failed in his pursuit of Tingting, a girl in a foreign dress, Liu didn't believe that he couldn't win over a curvaceous girl this time. He found out clearly that currently Xiao Yingying has not signed a contract with Zhao's Pictures or ATV, she only has an ordinary women's shoe endorsement contract.

After settling the matter, Liu Luanxiong made another appointment and wanted to treat Xiao Yingying to dinner. Yingying's BB phone rang. After she made a call at a nearby public telephone booth, she said to Liu with an embarrassed and apologetic look.
To be continued...