Chapter 231 Movie Premiere (2)

He hadn't thought of this before, and only assumed that Sihai was causing trouble behind the scenes.

Looking back now, it seems that wasn't the case at all.

"You mean...?" Guan Feng dared not think any further.

"Sihai is unaware of the true value of Director Li's script, so they are praising us excessively to their detriment. Sihai wants to put us in a difficult position. The higher the fans' expectations are raised, the greater the disappointment will be after the movie is released. Even the reputation Truman has just built up will collapse. The key is that we can't blame Sihai, since they haven't smeared us."

Li Gui felt a chill run down her spine as she thought about it; Zhang Shulan had even guessed the thoughts of the head of the Sihai Group.

If this kind of woman were placed on the opposite side of the Starry Night competition, I don't even want to imagine how she would be treated.

You might go bankrupt without even knowing who's behind it all.

And most importantly, every time Zhang Shulan offered advice, it was backed by one of Director Li's representative works.

By all accounts, Director Li is the most terrifying person.

He maintains a high creative speed while ensuring an extremely high level of quality.

Without such a powerful masterpiece, Director Zhang wouldn't have been able to perfectly dig the trap and lure Sihai Group into the game.

"Could it really have been planned to this extent? Or could it be... a coincidence?"

After hearing Li Gui's words, Guan Feng subconsciously asked a question.

"I don't think it's a coincidence, especially since Director Zhang called earlier to ask us to cooperate with Wanxia," Yang Kai added.

“Okay!” Since it wasn’t a coincidence, Guan Feng had to put on a show: “Starlight will fully cooperate with Evening Glow. At noon, we’ll find some new media reporters to publish some reports, so that Sihai Group will get anxious when they see us. Let’s see if we can get Sihai Group to throw in a few hundred or ten million US dollars.”

"Leave it to me." Li Gui's feelings at this moment were the same as when he first collaborated with Wanxia.

In one go, Sihai poured in a hundred million US dollars.

The only difference was that he felt no apprehension at this moment, but rather anticipation and surprise.

...

In the following week, with the help of various media outlets, Li Zhaoyang's new movie became increasingly popular, even surpassing the popularity of The Truman Show.

No wonder it's generating so much buzz. Sihai Group has been promoting and praising it extensively, even emphasizing its status as an industry benchmark based on the three highest standards.

This has made many fans and casual viewers eager to try it out.

At the appropriate time, the title of the play was also revealed.

The main reason is that the film's production is nearing completion and will be finished in about a week. The release date has also been chosen, but it hasn't been officially announced yet.

The lack of official announcement is likely a ploy to allow Sihai to pull off another maneuver.

...

"Minister, we've found out the title of that slut Li's movie. It's called 'Your Name'."

In an office, Kimura Taro continued to follow up and report the information he had gathered: "Moreover, the title of the drama has already spread widely online. Now, even if that scoundrel Li doesn't want to release it, he has no choice. The arrow is already on the bowstring and he has to release it. Their only option now is to delay the release date and spend more time polishing the plot to ensure that the quality of the plot is not too bad."

After listening to his subordinate's report, Noda nodded in satisfaction: "The three highest-level projects have already exhausted Starlight's energy. Starlight definitely won't have the manpower to find a professional team to polish the story. During this period, keep a close eye on Evening Glow's movements. As soon as Evening Glow finds a professional team to polish the story, immediately step in to stop them."

"good!"

Taro Kimura has finally caught a whiff of a doubled year-end bonus, and that smell is really enticing.

Because of this, his work efficiency has improved significantly in the last two days, and he's also more energetic.

However.

Things always surprise you when you least expect them.

Two days later.

While Noda Kazuto was closely monitoring the movement of the sunset, he also met with Watanabe No and Zhang Zhen several times.

I didn't expect that right after the gathering ended, I would have to ask Kimura Taro if there was any news from the evening.

To everyone's surprise, Kimura Taro rushed into the office and shouted, "Minister...you're here to help?"

"I made a move? What did I do?" Noda Kazuto was completely baffled by this question.

"Sunset just officially announced its new movie, which is coming out at the end of this month!" Kimura Taro was both surprised and delighted. "And Sunset didn't even bring in a professional team. The official announcement at this crucial moment, isn't it because of you, Minister?"

"They made it official?" Noda was surprised at first, then pondered for a long time before coming to a conclusion, and then laughed: "It seems... even the evening glow couldn't withstand the pressure."

During this period, we invested approximately $12 million, which was worthwhile.

With such a short time to release, it's impossible to meet the three highest standards, and the plot might even be terrible.

The online discussion was heated, but when the audience went to the cinema to buy tickets, they found that the plot did not meet their expectations and the picture quality was not even 4K, so they started to criticize it.

Noda realized that Wanxia might be about to fall into an abyss, so he devised a plan: "Quickly, post an article to congratulate Wanxia immediately."

"good."

after.

Sihai Group Music officially announced: "Your Name, scheduled for release at the end of the month, produced to the highest standards. I hereby declare that this 2D anime will become the biggest dark horse in anime history. Let's look forward to what kind of experience Director Li will bring us at the end of this month!"

The two official announcements from Wanxia and Sihai immediately excited many viewers, who all exclaimed that it was thrilling.

I originally thought it would take more than half a year before a release date could be set, after all, meeting the three highest standards is not so easy.

Many professionals even jumped out to question it in the comments section.

"Are you sure it won't be scheduled for release in the second half of the year or later?"

"This is too unbelievable... Truman only released it last month. Even if Truman started making the animation around the time the filming wrapped up, and if it was made to the highest standards, it would take at least half a year or even a year. And it's been less than a month and a half since then and it's already scheduled for release."

"What's so special about that? You haven't seen how many miracles Teacher Zhaoyang has created."

"That's right, Teacher Zhaoyang is not only great at making movies, but also a musical genius."

"You're all outsiders, so it's normal that you don't understand. No matter how talented you are, how well you can make movies or write scripts, you can't escape the word 'rendering.' Do you know what the most difficult part of the three highest standards is? Rendering 4K quality, and it's 2D animation. If I were to take on this kind of job, I could only render a few 4K scenes at most before reaching my limit, and it would take more than a few months. Rendering is never easy to do."

"That's right. My daily work is rendering 1K quality. I occasionally get a few 2K jobs a year. 4K does exist in the industry, but it's rare. Usually, when we do get 4K, we hire the most professional teams. I haven't heard that Starlight has hired any professional teams. They're all in the same circle. If they really hired one, there would be no news."

"Just because you self-proclaimed insiders can't do it doesn't mean others can't, okay?"

"Hahaha... Okay, Starlight is awesome, Director Li is awesome."

"We dare not say anything, we dare not ask anything, we just glance at the comments and then go offline."

"..."

To be fair, the release of the three highest standards didn't attract casual viewers, but rather the most professional programmers.

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