Cheng Yu'an is going on a long trip. He wants to fly to the United States, and has already negotiated a licensing agreement with Universal.

The "Despicable Me" series and its spin-off "Minions" series will be licensed to Universal Theme Parks.

Additional animation rights from a major film company are also under further negotiation.

Cheng Mufan wanted to go with his father. When Liu Yifei was packing Cheng Yuan's luggage, he also pulled out his own small bag and asked his mother to pack two pieces of clothes and toys for him.

Liu Yifei smiled and said: "I'm too embarrassed to point it out to you. Do you want to accompany your father? You just don't want to go to school. Let's go while we're there."

Cheng Muchan was not shy when his little thoughts were exposed. Instead, he said to Liu Yifei: "I hate you."

"I like you." Liu Yifei said with a smile, "Hurry up and put away your toys. I will check them later."

Cheng Muchan left angrily.

Cheng Yuan said: "When are you flying to Vienna?"

Tangtang and Luo Jin’s wedding is scheduled for Vienna on the 28th.

Liu Yifei said: "I'll leave on the 25th, you have to come over quickly."

Cheng Yuan calculated the time and said, "I'll try to arrive on the evening of the 27th. There are a lot of things going on in the United States."

Tangtang is one of the first artists signed by the company, and she has a good relationship with Liu Yifei, so the two of them naturally want to support Tangtang.

"Bye bye, daddy." Mother and daughter saw Cheng Yuan off to the car.

"You really don't want to go with dad." Cheng Yu'an didn't forget to tease her daughter before leaving.

"If you say it again, I will really put her in your car." Liu Yifei said.

Cheng Yu'an kissed her daughter, and Liu Yifei also kissed her: "I want it too."

Unexpectedly, my daughter disagreed: "I won't kiss my mother."

Cheng Yu'an smiled and said: "Okay, then I won't kiss mom. I'm leaving, and you will be obedient at home."

After Cheng Yu'an left, Liu Yifei was jealous of her daughter and said: "Don't let daddy kiss mommy, you are a bad baby."

Cheng Muchan protested: "My father."

"my husband."

"My dad, Luo Luo Luo."

"My husband, just a little bit." Liu Yifei also followed suit.

After having trouble with her daughter twice, Liu Yifei put her daughter to take a nap.

The development of a major film company has indeed encountered some obstacles in the past two years.

After "Jurassic World" became a hit, Universal took back the rights and made its own second installment, which earned a global box office of US$1.3 billion.

The company has released 4 movies so far this year. Although they were not big hits, they were all profitable.

The best among them is "A Quiet Place" with Emily Blunt, which grossed US$350 million at the global box office at a very low cost of US$17 million.

Compared with "Rampage", the company's second collaboration with Johnson, although the film received a box office of US$400 million, its return on investment cannot be compared with "A Quiet Place".

The animation company has no films released this year.

A major film company will also be absent from the upcoming Christmas season.

Looking at the box office charts, almost all of them are superhero movies and blockbuster sequels. Even Cheng Yu'an couldn't help but curse: "I've been unlucky for eight lifetimes to make an original movie."

Colleagues in the same industry also said: "We often say that what we compete for now is not the ability to tell stories, but who owns more copyrights."

"I have a lot of IP, so I use it to make a movie with special effects, and then sell it on the market to make money. If the box office is good, I will make a sequel next year. If the box office is not good, I will change to another IP. There will always be a blind cat who encounters a dead mouse and makes a movie a hit.

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"Especially this year Spielberg's so-and-so player."

"Ready Player One."

"Yes, "Ready Player One". From the script point of view, the story of this movie is extremely simple. The action-adventure movie was made like this thirty years ago. He changed it into a science fiction film and added many colorful special effects and released it.

.And then show various classic movie IPs from decades in the movie, which can make the audience climax. I don’t understand this kind of movie.”

"So the box office performance of this movie is not good either." Cheng Yu'an said, "It's only 500 million US dollars."

Cheng Yu'an understands Old Martin more and more. He also dislikes the current movie market. Although a hundred flowers are blooming, the special effects blockbusters represented by superhero movies are becoming less and less like movies.

Everyone, please go and try it soon.】

Cheng Yu'an would rather call it "an annual light and firework show".

But this is his opinion as a film creator. If you are a producer or business manager, then they like these movies too much.

Cheng Yuan led the team to the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. After a day of rest, he negotiated the final details and signed a contract with Universal.

Although it was a pity that Disney had not secured the copyright of a major animation company, it did not care too much. After all, its own IP is enough to support an amusement park. Whether or not it buys other copyrights will not shake Disney's status as the industry leader.

Cheng Yu'an is still Disney's most important partner, so after Disney learned that Cheng Yu'an had flown to Los Angeles, CEO Robert Iger specially hosted a banquet for Cheng Yu'an and his team.

Cheng Yuan went happily.

"Do you know why he invited us?" Cheng Yu'an asked Cheng Lingfeng.

"How do I know?" Cheng Lingfeng was also kept in the dark. A legendary CEO like Robert Iger would not invite people to dinner for no reason.

"Aren't you happy to be invited to dinner? When the soldiers come, they will block the water and use the earth to cover them up. We will just catch him no matter what his moves are."

At the banquet, Robert Egger praised Cheng Yu'an's achievements: "Whether it is as a director or an entrepreneur, g, you are the best in Hollywood."

Cheng Yuan, of course, flattered Robert Egger in return.

Foreigners like to talk about their travel experiences at the dinner table. Cheng Yu'an followed the local customs and told the Disney crowd interesting stories about his family's summer travel.

Robert Egger smiled and said: "G, I'm very envious of you being able to travel with your family. I haven't been able to take a complete vacation in several years."

Robert Iger then praised how pleasant it was to work with Cheng Yu'an before: ""The Jungle Book" is very popular and is Disney's most popular live-action movie in the past five years." Then he did not forget to add: "Of course, next year this title will be

I have to give it to "Mulan". I saw the sample and it was so cool. Crystal was born for Mulan."

"I'm now very confident about next year's Aladdin and The Lion King."

Next year can be said to be Disney's big year. In addition to Marvel works, Disney's own movies include "Mulan", "Dumbo", "Aladdin", "The Lion King" and "Toy Story 4".

Disney fans are in for a treat next year, so just prepare your money to buy tickets.

Until the end of the banquet, both parties were still chatting and talking about interesting things, without involving any specific business.

After dinner, Robert Egger invited Cheng Yuan and Cheng Lingfeng into the small reception room to "talk about some things."

Robert Iger did not hesitate and said bluntly: "Marvel is planning to make a Chinese superhero movie and I hope we can cooperate."
Chapter completed!