My Animation Era

  Chapter 1 Parallel World

  Midsummer, Jiang Chuan.

  Gu Miao sat slumped on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling, with an expression like a pig that was dying of illness.

  He was a little confused.

   It has been a week since I traveled to this parallel world.

  From a middle-aged greasy director specializing in vulgar family ethics dramas to a young guy with the same name and surname who just graduated, he thought his life was about to peak.

   Be the CEO and marry Bai Fumei!

   As a traveler, isn't it easy to realize these dreams?

  But when Gu Miao further sorted out the interpersonal relationship and the memories of his previous life, he realized that the actual situation was somewhat beyond his expectations...

  The pinnacle of life? !

  Gu Miao works for a local animation company in Jiangchuan. Although the size of the company is not large, the daily business is to do some small jobs such as outsourcing.

  This is also the norm for small companies.

  But just half a year ago, the rich second-generation boss of the company didn't know why he went crazy, and made the decision to "make an original animation with all his strength" regardless of dissuasion.

   "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!"

  Thinking of this, Gu Miao no longer knows how to evaluate her boss.

   Engage in originality, are you really not afraid of death?

  If creating an original IP was really that simple, there would be no cases where Disney acquired Marvel or Bandai acquired Tsuburaya.

  If you can have a baby yourself, why go to the old Wang’s next door to adopt one?

  So, the ending can be imagined.

   Countless manpower and material resources were invested, and the original animation "Haiwa", which had high hopes from the company, died violently in its premiere. The small company, which was already struggling to survive, suddenly fell into the quagmire of "financial crisis".

  Originally, this had nothing to do with Gu Miao.

  He is just a laborer. No matter how much money the boss loses, he doesn’t need him to make up for the shortfall. It doesn’t matter to him if the company goes bankrupt. The big deal is to find another place to fish!

  But the previous EQ was not enough...

  After the failure of the "Haiwa" project, the company held an internal meeting for distributing the blame. He muttered to the side, "I have long thought that Haiwa is not good." Unfortunately, the director of "Haiwa" heard it and immediately became the target of public criticism.

   "You are so capable, why don't you come?"

   "Who wouldn't make sarcastic remarks like this? You think "Haiwa" is not good, so you should make a successful animation!"

   "It's just..."

  Gu Miao was originally a young guy who had just graduated, and he hadn't become a veteran in the workplace. He was ridiculed by so many people, and his own feelings for "revitalizing Chinese comics" made him agree.

   "Well, you will be in charge of the company's next animation!"

  The boss probably wants to see a joke too.

  Although he officially appointed Gu Miao as the person in charge and chief director of the new project, but this is just a blank check, neither giving money nor giving people, a proper polished commander.

   Everyone is waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

   How can animation be so simple? Under the premise of no money and no one else, Gu Miao's "big words and lofty ambitions" promised in public is undoubtedly a joke, and no one in the company thinks highly of him.

   But this guy has a stubborn personality.

   The more no one favored him, the more he wanted to make some achievements to prove himself.

Then…

  He died suddenly because of staying up late.

  Encountered such a mess just after crossing, Gu Miao's mood at this moment can only be described in one word, there is nothing to love in life!

  If he could, he would have already run.

  The best choice right now is definitely to run away with the bucket and start over in another place. With his status as a time traveler, at least it would not be a problem to make a living.

   But he can't run!

   If this goes away, no matter what he becomes in the future, won't he always live in the ridicule of others and can't hold his head up?

   Besides.

   Looking at the storyboard drawings scattered all over the floor in the rental house, as well as the dialogue scripts and story outlines that haven't been completed in the computer, Gu Miao couldn't bear it.

  No matter how cheap the dream is, it is also a dream.

  Others can unscrupulously ridicule and ridicule their predecessors, but it doesn't mean that he will do the same. Since he has become this young man through time travel, he is obliged to realize his dream for this young man.

   Just…

  Do you want to shoot animation?

  Gu Miao scratched her head.

  Although he was also a director in his previous life, he made a TV series! And the dramas he directed, are they all crooked?

  "Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Are Pregnant", "Mecha Frenzy", "You at the same table, secretly in love with me", "The Harem Concubine" and so on.

  Be reasonable!

  After listing out this series of masterpieces, any serious person can guess what kind of director Gu Miao is.

  If he is allowed to go back to his old job, he might be able to flourish in this parallel world where "the cultural desert has little knowledge and a love song is a treasure".

  But for animation, he really has nothing to do.

   After all, I am not familiar with the business!

  Animation and live-action drama are two distinct fields. It doesn’t mean that both are called directors, so they can cross borders at will.

  The gap between the two cannot be described in words at all. As long as anyone with a brain knows, the content of work represented by making an animation and making a TV series or movie must be very different.

   Moreover, cross-border is fine.

  What is the situation now?

   No money, no one!

  The company does not give support, the predecessor just graduated from university with a clean pocket than his face, but animation is an industry that burns a lot of money.

  Whether 3D or 2D, domestic or foreign, as long as an animation work with a good look and feel, its production cost cannot be too low.

  This is not a live-action drama.

  Live-action dramas can also save costs in terms of remuneration, props, special effects costumes, and even crew lunches, etc. Anyway, the audience can't see the behind-the-scenes footage. To be honest, there is not much difference between traffic idol dramas with a salary of tens of millions and low-cost romance dramas with millions of newcomers.

   But the animation is different.

  The production team has more money and less money, and the audience can spot it at a glance. Examples of cutting corners and being caught are not uncommon in this industry.

  For example, the story of xx.

   Under such extremely harsh conditions, it is impossible for Gu Miao to create a successful and excellent work.

unless…

   There is such a work that is not limited to the production level, the cost is unbelievably low, it can be called shoddy, but it can be successfully popular.

   Does such a work really exist?

  Which of the well-known animation works that can explode and become familiar to the audience has an investment of less than seven figures? Less than eight figures are rare!

  But just now, Gu Miao thought of the answer.

  As a time traveler, he has a sea of ​​excellent works from the original world for reference. Among them, there seems to be such a work that meets the needs and is also very special.

  An animation work that was popular all over the country, low-cost and crudely produced but broke many records, with a life cycle of more than ten years, and has become a childhood memory of countless people—

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"!

  (end of this chapter)