Chapter 219

He Yuanguang's plan for a second child has been shelved.

……..

He Yuanguang spent the entire night in his study.

He stayed up all night.

After finishing the story outline for Spirit Cage, he fell into a state of infatuation.

"This is the Animation script I wanted! This is the Animation I want to produce!" He Yuanguang shouted in his heart.

He could tell that Spirit Cage was not an Animation aimed at the Masses in the traditional sense.

Compared to mainstream subjects, it still had certain limitations; otherwise, it wouldn't have been recommended for adults only.

But it was very much to He Yuanguang's taste.

As mentioned before, He Yuanguang was the type of person who would add human reflection and even philosophical elements when making children's Animation.

He was quite similar to the older generation of Animation workers on Earth.

Therefore, as He Yuanguang read the script for Spirit Cage, his mind instantly became active.

The more he read, the clearer his mind became, and the faster it raced.

He Yuanguang felt very excited, with a sense of finding exactly what he had been hunting for.

He even felt that Luo Mo knew what kind of Animation he wanted to make, and had specially tailored Spirit Cage for him!

"A soulmate!" He Yuanguang sighed in his heart.

He did not know that Luo Mo, whom he regarded as a soulmate, had once again secretly transformed into Instructor Luo.

He was actually just "drilling the troops."

Perhaps many would say that there are still many well-produced, excellent-style Chinese Animations; why use Spirit Cage to train the studio?

The reason is simple: it is a large-scale 3D Animation.

It has a paranoid level of strictness regarding details, whether it be the visuals or the voice acting.

This is an Animation where even the sound of breathing must be perfectly dubbed; many people watch it wearing headphones, otherwise they would miss many details.

Movies, compared to these Animation series, are even more detail-oriented.

Take Disney's animated movies, for example; if you zoom in to look, let alone the hair, even the fuzz on the clothes is very particular.

These are things that must be practiced and adapted to.

And most of the animated blockbusters that have achieved high box office results are 3D Animations.

Luo Mo's personal favorite in terms of art style is actually Fog Hill of the Five Elements, a work that is... also extremely short.

The reason he likes this work the most is because its style is ink-wash, and his name is Luo Mo...

But Fog Hill of the Five Elements is not suitable as special training for everyone before they start producing movies.

The styles are not unified, and it is easy to train them off-track.

"What's more, having spent a long time with Guang Shu, I've long known his taste."

"He just likes this kind of thing that can trigger everyone's thinking, even if the audience ends up arguing."

Everyone is in a collaborative relationship, so of course, if it's a project everyone is interested in, the motivation will be even stronger.

——Guang Shu's character setting is just like that!

"The worldview feels very interesting, and the world background is also very grand." He Yuanguang was incredibly excited in the study, having long since thrown his wife's lace nightgown to the back of his mind.

"This work should also be planned for several seasons, right?" he thought.

Because the first season script Luo Mo gave him felt like it was just the beginning of the story.

He now even wanted to move into the studio for these few days to properly prepare.

Far away in Xicheng, Luo Mo did not know that the script he sent over at night had affected the couple's life.

——What a sin!

……..

……..

At this time, Luo Mo was already lying in bed.

Like you, he had the habit of playing with his phone for a while before going to sleep.

At this moment, his WeChat vibrated; it turned out that in the three-person group, Jiang Ningxi had sent a candid video.

There was no one in the video, it was pitch black, but there was the sound of Xiao Shen practicing Chinese Language.

"She's gone off the deep end," Jiang Ningxi said.

"Not bad, Xiao Shen, did you straighten your tongue out yet?" Luo Mo asked.

As it turned out, five or six minutes passed without receiving a reply from the two.

Presumably, after Jiang Ningxi sent the video to the group, Shen Yinuo saw it and started pinning her down again, wanting to smother her in anger.

These few minutes were likely the two women in their pajamas, wrestling on the bed.

Sure enough, after another three minutes, Shen Yinuo said in the group: "Jiang Jiang has already been beaten by me to the point where she can't Dance Miss Chic anymore. As for the C-Position battle for the two songs, I'm afraid I'm going to win!"

Luo Mo smiled slightly and said: "Yo, the two C-Positions are already competing?"

He knew they were just messing around, but he also felt this was quite good.

"What I want is to see the drive in them!" Luo Mo said in his heart.

In the following days, Luo Mo also threw himself into the process of training the girl group with great drive.

Later on, Shen Yinuo even pulled together a large group, with all the members of the Aurora Girls in it.

As soon as Luo Mo woke up in the morning, he would go to the company and hang out with the six girls.

After returning home, he would still receive videos of the girl group members dancing in unison during extra practice in the group.

Recording videos and sending them to the group was a very normal thing, because only then could they compare them every day to see if there was any progress.

But this left Luo Mo almost drowned in a sea of long, white legs.

The Aurora Girls are progressing very quickly; whether it is in terms of songs or dance, they have made substantial improvements.

This gives Instructor Luo quite a sense of accomplishment.

【Mastery of Training Girl Groups】 achievement, obtained!

But there is still a certain gap before releasing songs and dance MVs.

During a break, Luo Mo specifically asked them: "Which is the hottest girl group in the country right now?"

Because there is no truly popular girl group in the country, it is in a state of "chickens pecking at each other," making Luo Mo unable to figure out for a moment who is the king of the chickens!

Han Ziyi immediately replied: "Director Luo, it should be Breaking Wind Girls from CILONG."

"Are these names all following the same format?" Luo Mo complained slightly in his heart.

Shen Yinuo added from the side: "Actually, Breaking Wind Girls aren't much more popular than us, I mean in terms of influence in the music scene."

"That's for sure, because no one has any influence," He Jingjing acted as the Honest Man.

Dong Dong smiled and patted her, saying: "What are you saying! I think our singing skills are better than theirs; how many times have they had 'car crash' live performances?"

Luo Mo interrupted their argument and asked: "So, where exactly are they better than us?"

Jiang Ningxi replied: "They are stronger because three of their members have gone to act."

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo nodded and understood immediately.

Although they are a girl group, if they go to act and accidentally become a little popular, the buzz and popularity can naturally feed back into the group.

The Aurora Girls can at most participate in variety shows or make cameos in some dramas, and they are mostly playing themselves, acting as a girl group in them...

"Alright, then we won't set our peers as our goal," Luo Mo said.

He essentially stopped treating all girl groups as competitors.

—We cannot continue to let the chickens peck at each other!

Han Ziyi looked at Luo Mo, massaging her sore calves while asking: "Director Luo, what is your expectation for these two songs of ours?"

This question was undoubtedly asked by her as the leader on behalf of everyone. Because as soon as she spoke, all eyes turned to Luo Mo, waiting to listen attentively.

Luo Mo smiled and said: "Expectations?"

"How about we first... take the number one spot on both the New Song Chart and the Rising Chart?" Luo Mo said.

"On... on all platforms?" Shen Yinuo asked.

"Of course, on all platforms," Luo Mo said as a matter of course.

They understood now; Director Luo wanted them to face off against everyone.

This meant taking on every singer in the music scene who was releasing songs at the same time!

"Do girl group songs really have the qualifications to be number one?" They were somewhat expectant.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the second season of *That Rabbit* was sent for review.

The early preparation work for *Spirit Cage* was also already underway.

Most importantly, today is Friday, which is the release day for *Cat Demon*.

Luo Mo is going to attend the premiere of *Cat Demon*.

After chatting with He Yuanguang that day, Luo Mo, out of curiosity, also went online to check the investment amount for *Cat Demon*.

As Xu Chujing's film debut, this movie had a total investment of 160 million.

This investment amount is not low in today's era of big movies; it is a solid, large-scale production.

There is no helping it; for this kind of film with a touch of xianxia and wuxia, the special effects alone are extremely expensive.

And Xu Chujing is also one of the investors in this movie.

"Looking at this cost, the box office needs to break 500 million to make a profit," Luo Mo thought to himself.

Calculated according to a one-third box office share, 500 million is actually just barely breaking even.

But in reality, a movie doesn't just earn money from the box office.

For example, after it's pulled from theaters, it still needs to be sold to video platforms, right?

This is also a decent income; if it's a blockbuster, it can be sold for a high price.

After all, not everyone will go to the cinema to watch a movie.

Nowadays, online movies have even become popular, where you can pay a few yuan online to watch them.

Although it doesn't have the audiovisual effect of a cinema, it has the advantage of being cheap.

In addition to online streaming rights, releasing movie merchandise, movie CDs, and various overseas copyrights are all sources of income.

However, the bulk of it is in the box office, which is the most important thing.

There are 6 other movies released at the same time as *Cat Demon*.

Among them, three are just there to make up the numbers; these three movies have extremely low screening rates, totaling only 12%.

The other four movies, including *Cat Demon*, are dividing up the remaining 88% of screenings.

Among them, because this is not a particularly fiercely competitive period, and coupled with the fact that the pre-release hype for *Cat Demon* was truly top-tier, it ended up occupying 36.3% of the screenings alone.

The other three movies have about half of what *Cat Demon* has.

From the current situation, it seems to be looking very good.

However, Xu Chujing hasn't been sleeping well for the past few days due to some special reasons.

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(End of this chapter)