My Animation Era

   "Journey to the West" is Gu Miao's favorite novel among the four great classics, and the protagonist, Monkey King, is also the hero he admired the most when he was a child.

  So, when CCTV asked Wanbao if he was interested in the project, he agreed without hesitation.

  He has high expectations for this animation, and he is also mentally prepared for a hemorrhage. He has recruited Mr. Bear, CCTV and other capital partners in advance to ensure that there will be no shortage of money during the production process.

  But there is an upper limit on investment.

   Although Gu Miao's attitude is very firm and he is very generous in giving money, but if it really drags on to an unbearable upper limit of investment and affects the operation of the entire company, he will still reluctantly give up the project.

   After all, he is not a money printing machine.

   Moreover, it is impossible for him to bet the entire future of Wanbao Animation on this animation.

   This is a financial consideration.

   In addition, there is still time. For an animation work, the production period is always a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

  Everyone knows that time honed into perfect work.

  Even if it is a pig, given tens of thousands of years, it can produce a masterpiece that shocks the world.

   But the problem before us is that a pig cannot live for tens of thousands of years, and 20 years is considered a long life!

   So this is not realistic.

   In the same way, everyone knows that the longer the construction period is delayed, the more perfect the work can be polished. Given the 10-year production period of Alienated Three-Body Problem, this accepted defense can also become a miracle, do you believe it or not?

   It doesn’t even take ten years, half of it will be enough for five years.

   But obviously, this is a difficult thing to do. Five years does not sound like a long time, but for many animation production teams, this is an unimaginable time limit.

   "Are you sure you want to make a perfect wooden barrel?"

   When Gu Miao asked the question, Ma Kui really wanted to answer "Yes, that's what I thought", but when he got to the point of speaking, he found that he couldn't say it.

  The two hurdles of funds and construction time limit him, making it impossible for him to create a perfect wooden barrel.

   Trade-offs are inevitable.

  Since you can’t get around these two hurdles, you can only find a way. Under the constraints of these two hurdles, try to make the long board longer and the short board less short.

  “In the era of planned economy, animation was a handicraft, because animators at that time were eating big pots of rice with iron rice bowls, and they didn’t have to worry about the future.

   "So in that era, Meiying Studio was extremely brilliant and created amazing works that are still great until today."

   Instead of continuing to hit Ma Kui's self-confidence, Gu Miao turned to tell the story of Meiying Studio: "Take "Havoc in Heaven" as an example, do you think the industry can still produce such pure hand-drawn animation?"

"cannot…"

   "Yes, times have changed."

  Gu Miao nodded and said: "The properties of the current animation are more of an industrial product than the previous handicraft."

"I understand."

  Ma Kui seemed to understand Mr. Gu, sighed and said, "According to what you said, "Journey to the West 3D" can't be a hexagonal warrior?"

   "Look, you're on the edge of a dead end again!"

  Gu Miao shook her head, and explained with a speechless face: "A wooden barrel, some boards are very long and some boards are short, it seems that it can't hold too much water."

   "But if its shortest board is longer than the longest one of others, do you still think it holds very little water?"

  Be reasonable.

  What kind of rotten fish and rotten shrimp are the current domestic animation industry?

  If "Journey to the West 3D" is really produced according to strict and high standards, even if it is a so-called short board, it can beat all the peers, so is this a hexagonal warrior?

   10 points for screen, 7 points for plot, the plot is undoubtedly a shortcoming, but what if the highest score of other animations in the industry is only 5 points?

"I see."

   Ma Kui, who was awakened by Gu Miao's words, suddenly realized: "I know what to do. As long as my short board is higher than others' long board, it is not called a short board."

But…

   Ma Kui, who had just realized this level, frowned again, and suddenly thought of a question.

  What direction should the animation "Journey to the West 3D" take as a breakthrough, the so-called "long board"?

   "Of course it's 3D!"

   "Movie-level quality, vivid character modeling, smooth and silky fighting depiction, these can be used as longboards."

  Gu Miao said without changing her face: "As for being neglected and discarded, that is, the short board, it depends on how you choose."

   Regardless of the circumstances, Gu Miao personally thinks that for a project like "Journey to the West 3D", the plot is a shortcoming that can be sacrificed.

   Don't be surprised.

  In fact, this is normal. After all, the original "Journey to the West" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there is not much room for expansion.

  Instead of spending a lot of time and effort on improving the plot, and engaging in plot variants such as "The Legend of Wukong", "Black Myth", and "Journey to the West", it is better to follow the original work honestly.

  After all... The main body of Wanbao's adaptation is the original work of "Journey to the West", rather than making derivative works based on the original work.

   This is also a point that Gu Miao attaches great importance to.

   Please note that the goal of Wanbao and CCTV is to put the famous "Journey to the West" on the TV screen, not to renovate this famous book.

  The title of the animation is "Journey to the West", not "The Legend of Wukong", "The Return of the Great Sage", "Black Myth Wukong"...

  The title of the film has been decided, and it is impossible for Wanbao to make serious magical changes to the original work.

  After all, you have been transformed, so is that still the "Journey to the West" animation that the audience wants to watch?

   "OK, the plot remains unchanged."

  Ma Kui wrote down this proposal, and agreed deeply: "I thought so too at first. Since I am the porter of the famous book, it would be good to reprint it according to the original book."

  This is the same as the original animation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the plot does not need to be changed too much.

   This saves a lot of trouble.

   After all, for other animations, it takes a lot of time and energy just to conceive a wonderful plot, not to mention the dialogue.

   "As long as you know what's in your mind."

   Gu Miao was afraid of being blamed, so she hurriedly said: "The porter of the famous book, the plot does not change a word, it's okay for us to chat in private, don't tell outsiders."

   If the fans heard this, they might scold them for what they thought Wanbao was deliberately lazy and cut corners on the plot!

  Although this is true, it cannot be admitted so bluntly!

   Facing outsiders, they must be asking for credit and complaining. They said that in order to adapt the masterpiece "Journey to the West", the production team tried to restore the classics as much as possible.

"really!"

  Ma Kui frowned and said, "I said the same thing after the animation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" aired last time."

  Facing the reporter's interview, he and Koizumi exchanged glances, and told everyone about the difficulty of making "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the form of cross talk.

  Why? In order to ensure the vividness of the characters and write the most temperamental plot dialogue, a brand new "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" novel was turned yellow by him.

  This kind of nonsense is just to fool a pure passerby who doesn't understand anything.

  Actually, the most difficult thing about adapting "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not the plot, but how to shape the characters.

  …

  The film market in September has cooled down a lot compared to July and August.

   Even the most popular "Wolf Warrior 2", which has become a social phenomenon, has ushered in a sharp decline after entering September.

   But Wolf Warrior 2 is too abstract.

  Even if the box office drops, it still crushes a lot of new films in September, vividly explaining what it means that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

  To this day, the total domestic box office of Wolf Warrior 2 has broken through the 5.5 billion mark, and is steadily moving towards 6 billion. No one knows what kind of record this movie will eventually create.

  Anyway, Gu Miao couldn't understand.

  If he remembers correctly, the original version of "Wolf Warrior 2" doesn't seem to be that powerful, and the final box office should be around 5.6 billion.

  But in this parallel world, the box office of Wolf Warrior 2 seems to be even more outrageous, and the sensation it caused is even more exaggerated.

   Can't there really be 6 billion?

  Thinking of this possibility, Gu Miao couldn't help but sigh. It's really a pity that I didn't get a bite of this big cake.

   Just cast a little bit, that's a terrifying return of hundreds of millions! Moreover, the cycle is short, and the speed of getting money is comparable to stock trading!

   Speaking of stock trading...

  Wanbao Video, the rotten stock king, managed to win a group of die-hard fans of Wanbao through his unremitting efforts.

  Good guy, Gu Miao was scolded so badly!

  Every day, people come to his social account to leave messages, saying that Gu Sanshui is really ruthless, he doesn't cheat outsiders, only cheats fans.

   Everyone trusted him so much that they invested huge sums of money to buy shares in Wanbao Video, thinking that they would pass it on to their sons and grandchildren in the future, and witness the birth of a great company with their own eyes.

   As for now? Don't be a great company, the stock price has risen! It's been cloudy all day long, Gu Sanshui, when will your mother die?

   "Isn't it possible?"

   To be honest, Gu Miao couldn't understand why the share price of Wanbao Video has not rebounded after so long?

  The results of "Roaming the Animation World" are so explosive, dominating the new show in September, it stands to reason that this is good news, and the stock price has to go up no matter what.

   But even with the major benefits, Wanbao Video's stock price remained the same, showing no sign of a rebound, which made him confused.

   "The water in the stock market is very deep, Xiao Gu, if you can't grasp it, let me do it!"

  Senior veteran stockholder and also a shareholder of Wanbao Video, Xiao Xiong said that he does not believe in this evil, and the more Wanbao Video falls, the more he wants to increase his position.

   "Sooner or later, it will go back up. Believe me, I haven't failed in investing yet!"

"Really?"

  Gu Miao doubtfully said: "It's not that I don't believe you, I just think that if you increase your position like this, you will be able to join the board of directors soon."

   "You guy, don't you want to steal a board seat under the banner of increasing positions and stopping losses?"

   "..."

   Bear is always in a state of exasperation.

  When did he want to join the board? What exactly caused Gu Sanshui to have the illusion that the board seat of Wanbao Video is very valuable?

  Damn, if it wasn't for being locked up and unable to get rid of it, he would have wanted to clear his position and run away. He really thought it was a good thing to become a shareholder by investing in stocks?

   "Hurry up and shut up!"

   "The thing I regret the most in my life is that I listened to your slander and bought a pile of **** shares of Wanbao Video."

   Mr. Xiong rolled his eyes wildly and said: "Garbage company, ruin my youth! This money is used to make animations, and it has been multiplied several times earlier."

   "How many times?"

   "I don't feel too blush to say this, those animations you voted for can make a little money, but making a lot of money is just a dream." Gu Miao sneered.

  The projects that Xiao Xiong voted for were either non-mainstream or ruined the three views. They were all limited-edition animations that could only be broadcast in the late night.

   Expecting this kind of animation to make a lot of money is definitely overthinking.

   So far, there has not been any restricted late-night animation that has achieved far more achievements than "all ages" animations at the commercial level.

   "How about "Guobao Special Attack 2"?"

   "That's not Rated!"

  Gu Miao coughed, and then said, "And you didn't earn much, and our Wanbao took most of it away."

   "What's the matter? After making a 2, do you still want to continue to make a 3?"

   "Can't you?" Mr. Bear asked rhetorically.

   "Unfortunately, no..."

  Due to the decline in word-of-mouth in the second season of "Guobao Special Attack", Gu Miao set a test for the production team under Mr. Xiong: to design a new set of mechas that fit the background of the Three Kingdoms era!

  If the design is good, the third season can continue to be handed over to them for production. If the design is average or even poor, then Wanbao will take back the production rights and produce the third season by itself to save word of mouth.

  The result is clear at a glance.

  The group of Troll Anime couldn't design an "Ancient Wind Armor" that met Gu Miao's wishes, so the third season's affairs would naturally come to naught.

  Unexpectedly, Xiaoxiong still refused to give up, and he was talking about this, and wanted to continue to fight for the right to produce the third season.

  It's a pity that Gu Miao didn't give him a chance.

  No matter how close Xiong is, he still upholds his original attitude. "Guobao Special Attack 3" will be produced by Wanbao himself, and he is not at ease handing it over to Troll Animation.

   "This series is going cold."

  Gu Miao explained: "If the third season is done well, the "Guobao Special Attack" series will still be saved, and it will not decline quickly."

   Gu Miao is definitely worried that such an important work will be handed over to a half-hearted team like Troll Animation.

not to mention…

   Regarding the project planning of "Fruit Attack 3", Wanbao Animation has already discussed a result.

  In this case, unless Gu Miao is crazy, it is impossible to give "Guobao Special Attack 3" to Troll Animation for production, after all, the third season is different from the second season.

  Seeing that Xiao Xiong always looked a bit disappointed, as if he couldn't let go of the series "Fruit Special Attack", Gu Miao hurriedly comforted him: "Guobao Special Attack can't be done, but Pigman can!"

   "Pigman?"

   "Yes! How about the latest season of Pigman? Interested?"

  Gu Miao tried her best to confuse, "This is more popular and famous than "Guobao Special Attack"! If the company is not short of people, I would not find an outsourcing team."

   "It's not impossible..."

   Mr. Xiong, who was full of reluctance to "Fruit Attack", suddenly changed his mind when he heard the name of "Pigman".

  Pigman is even hotter!

  There is a more popular and famous animation IP to choose from, why choose Guobao Special Attack?

  ai animation really exists, although it is based on ai painting, and the technology is not very mature, but the technology is progressing very fast...