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The noisy voice suddenly quieted down. Toli Literature Network...︾，

Everyone, journalists, guests, even people from the studio and Weta Digital, especially Richard Taylor, who knew that Daniel had come up with an animation script himself, and had received great praise from Andrew Stanton, they This work was basically completed in just one year. Richard was astonished that special effects work on a film sometimes took more than a year, let alone an animation that needed to be completely computer-generated.

It's just that this film has always been a highly secretive animation. Of course, it's not Richard, but the media.

This was the first time he saw the film called "Wall-E".

The first picture looks very good, the nebula is gorgeous and dreamy, the earth is real, and the spaceship in the distance is very sci-fi.

The drastically shortened production time does not seem to affect the quality of the animation.

Richard breathed a sigh of relief. He actually resented Daniel's insistence, but he also knew very well that Daniel, who owns 20% of Weta Digital's shares, should not be his enemy. So although Richard and Daniel finally reached the current cooperation model for no very reason, this does not mean that he has no other opinions on this. He even took the initiative to write a clause in the agreement that the film industry can pay no more than the original estimate. 160% of the price to acquire the shareholding ratio of Weta Digital. In other words, Weta Digital acquired a 20% stake for 32 million, a clause proposed by Richard that allows Daniel to recover this part of the stake at a price not higher than 51.2 million.

This is almost telling Daniel bluntly that I don't want to do this, but I can't refuse, so I tell you, even if the value of this company has increased tenfold in the future, I don't ask for the right to match. To put it bluntly, in addition to being unwilling, I am not optimistic.

A promotional video for about half a minute began to appear on the big screen.

Trash blocks towering like skyscrapers. The desolate and filthy earth, the tattered clean-up robots—the only two coherent images of the entire episode are in Wall-E's well-appointed "home", when he cleans up simple human objects from the **** heap. The handle looked like a spoon, but the forked cutlery on top left him confused for a moment, and finally it was placed in the middle of the spoon and fork. In the second paragraph, when he was about to go out, he pressed down on the cockroach accompanying him, and the little cockroach that jumped up and Wall-E's unique eyes looked at each other.

The clip ends with the landing of a space shuttle without even showing the plane in its entirety.

The screen flashes at the end. Left a line.

"WALL-E will be released on December 19, 2005"

"Wow!"

Everyone in the audience exclaimed, not to say that the Christmas season is not good. As one of the most popular seasons of the year, of course there is no problem with the last animation. The problem is that Weta Digital decided to do it a year ago. Animation, why is there a finished film that can be launched now? It will be released in December, and it needs to be basically completed by the end of June at the latest. Otherwise, trailers, posters, peripherals, etc., will not be produced in time, not to mention the implementation of complicated publicity plans.

Andrew did not introduce the basic plot of "Wall-E" like "Happy Feet", but simply summarized it.

"It's a story about robots, love, and reflection on survival. But it's never boring, and the perspective is very unique. Wall-E is a trash-sweeping robot abandoned on Earth, dutiful and lonely, over long years. About 700 In such a long time, I gradually realized the taste of loneliness. When the flower of his love suddenly bloomed, the kind and simple Wall-E decided to give everything to pursue what he loved. In a sense, he is also a super person. Hero, a less powerful, less cool superhero. But he will tell us what love is and what companionship is."

"We're determined to have 'Wall-E' coming out later this year simply because the entire animation can't wait to share the story with the audience, it's so funny and touching the beauty of love. Years of working experience assures everyone that this is a well-made, extremely excellent animation, which almost completely covers all the meanings an animation can have: imagination, interest, emotion, connotation. It will undoubtedly become An example for all animations to make in the future."

Andrew's statement is moving.

In Hollywood, the people behind the scenes work over the years, earning them a rare reputation. This time, Andrew is clearly vouching for Wall-E with his reputation, a dangerous but very useful move. All the entertainment media at the scene knew very well about Andrew's position in the industry, and also knew that with his vision and credibility, it was impossible to make such a statement about a shoddy work.

So, this means that the animation took a year to produce a high-quality animated feature film, and almost no minute was wasted. On the day of its establishment, the release plan was announced.

To understand at a deeper level, what does this mean?

On behalf of Daniel's planning and management of animation, it may not be as crazy and impulsive as the outside world guessed. Everything may be under control. Now it is just pushing forward step by step, slowly expanding Daniel's power map in Hollywood.

The unsightly robot on the big screen just now appeared in the reporters' minds again.

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"We also have a new plan that will start after "Wall-E" ends." Andrew said with a smile, "This is a very interesting story, very special, because this story is different from our cultural background, it It's a story from the East, China."

"We call him 'Kung Fu Panda'!"

This time, only one poster appeared on the big screen. The poster was a giant panda that looked quite rich in connotation. It was different from the panda in the Washington National Zoo. It was not so simple and honest. go in. This giant panda is in the independent posture of the golden rooster in Chinese Kung Fu, which is probably one of the elements most Americans know about in China. Bruce Lee's Kung Fu movie, An Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Jack Cheng and Chinese martial arts instructors , have contributed a lot to the formation of this concept.

Therefore, the animation combines the giant pandas that Americans love with the Chinese Kung Fu that Americans are familiar with. It is indeed very smart, taking into account the advantages of exotic elements and the problem of acclimatization.

"We call him A Bao, he lives in ancient China, in fact, the whole story is set in ancient China, the sets, costumes, characters, etc., are all like this, A Bao will realize his dream of being the king of kung fu, and the evil forces Finally fighting and saving his friends. It's a familiar story, but in another dimension of time and space, everything is different. We already have a full script and it's an interesting idea."

About "Kung Fu Panda", Andrew didn't say much, the time was very short.

After the project was introduced, the press conference, which lasted no more than 2 hours, was over. Next, Sebastian and Andrew would move to the interview area, while others could leave.

"I'm glad you came."

Daniel personally sent Mayer into the car, with a sincere smile on his face, Mayer shrugged, "I hope this is a happy choice."

"Of course!"

After sending Meyer off, Daniel left the press conference site directly regardless of Andrew, who was bombarded by the media.

So, the next afternoon, when he met Andrew in the animation, Andrew complained that he was not very authentic.

"Do you know how scary those reporters are? It's almost like they're going to eat me. In fact, you should think about a lot of questions. Why make panda-themed cartoons? Why was Wall-E born? Why create Animation, how to comment on the massive expansion... wait wait, God, I'm just a poor guy hired to sell my labor, how can I know so much."

Daniel kept the corners of his mouth curved in a certain arc amid Andrew's constant complaints.

The animation office is a little far from the studio, 10 minutes by car, if the road conditions are good. This is a newly renovated office building. A huge frosted glass divides the space into two shifts, with managers inside and various departments outside. The glass is divided into tofu blocks one by one, cute or hideous cartoon images can be seen everywhere, obviously these animators do it at will.

"**, Wall-E, Po... Well, there will be more and more in the future."

"Today's duty: Demon Lord Sakuman?" Daniel was happy, "Andrew, who is the Demon Lord Sakuman?"

Before Andrew could find someone, a petite, weak-looking girl stood up, "That's me, boss."

"Ah... oh... well, nice to meet you, Sakuman."

The office burst into laughter.

Andrew also looked at her with a smile, "She is Judy, she is very good, she is the only fresh graduate we recruited."

"I'm glad you joined the animation, Judy... the Demon Lord."

Daniel smiled and continued walking ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ to a place closest to Andrew's office, with a few newspaper clippings pressed against a magnet.

"These are all reports from yesterday," Andrew said. "The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Sun, basically cut out a few copies, and printed out the online reports, "Today" America, America Online.”

The New York Times piece is still quite large, about one and a half pages, and at most there is a small long piece of tofu on the side. Daniel did not expect that the "Times" would be so interested in the establishment of animation, and spent such a large space to report. He stopped there and read it carefully from beginning to end.

"On the 18th, the film industry..." (To be continued..)

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