My Animation Era

  Chapter 237 Reminiscing about bitterness and thinking about sweetness (subscription required)

Hahaha…

  Amidst bursts of laughter, Gu Miao, Ma Kui and the others finally ended their torment, and the performance session of the annual meeting was also completely over, entering the second session.

  Commend advanced!

  The past year was not only a year when Wanbao went from weak to strong, but also a year full of harvest joy.

  Since it is an annual meeting, it is necessary to commend those who have made great contributions to Wanbao in the past year.

  First of all, Wanbao "Person of the Year".

  Because Gu Miao himself did not participate in any award selection, the Person of the Year Award finally went to Huang Kun, the artistic director of Wanbao Animation after the review.

   "Worthy of the name!"

  Everyone applauded, happy that Huang Kun won the award.

  Although Huang Kun is low-key, his reputation in the outside world is not obvious. But all Wanbao people knew that he was the man who stood behind Mr. Gu and silently covered the bottom line.

  He deserves everyone's trust.

  As the award presenter, Gu Miao just patted Huang Kun on the shoulder, nodded to him, and said nothing.

   There is no need to say anything.

  Following him all the way from the beginning of his business until now, Huang Kun is no less important to Wanbao Animation than Gu Miao himself.

   "You are the future of Wanbao!"

  Gu Miao once said this sentence to his apprentice Xiao Guo in order to encourage him.

   But there is still the second half of the sentence, and he didn't finish it. That is, the future belongs to Xiao Guo, but now belongs to Huang Kun!

Yes.

  No matter how talented his apprentice Xiao Guo is, he can only be second place before realizing his talent, and his position in Gu Miao's heart will never be as important as that of Huang Kun.

  Huang Kun's position in Wanbao can be described in one sentence.

  Wanbao Animation has so many simultaneous animation projects, only the projects directed by Huang Kun, Mr. Gu will not interfere.

   Trust and support him unconditionally.

   This Wanbao "Person of the Year" award is not only a recognition of Huang Kun's many years of hard work, but also a reflection of Gu Miao's trust in him.

   The bonus is not much, two hundred thousand!

  For Huang Kun, this bonus is just a bonus. With his annual salary, he doesn't care about this bonus at all.

  But for the rest of the company, the 200,000 person of the year award is already quite a fortune...

   Didn't you see that Ma Kui's eyes were red?

  In addition to the person of the year, this year's annual meeting also selected the top ten employees from major subsidiaries, and the reward is a cash red envelope of 100,000 yuan.

  The Best Subsidiary of the Year fell to Wanbao Animation. There is no suspense about this award. Any subsidiary of Wanbao is not qualified to challenge Wanbao Animation.

  The best group of the year was given to the editorial department of "Manga World" magazine under Wanbao Comics.

  They did an amazing job.

  Last year, "Manga World" completed a great achievement from its inception to a total of 10 million copies.

  Although it is said that paper magazines are lonely.

  But the cumulative circulation of 10 million copies is already amazing for a new magazine that has only been published for less than a year.

  And in the new year, "Manga World" magazine also established an "electronic editorial department" and began to try to issue an electronic version.

  The future is still bright!

  The commendation conference lasted from noon to two in the afternoon. After a short break and lunch time, the annual meeting entered the last link.

   "August 2010..."

  Through the projector, everyone saw a short animated film produced by Wanbao Animation.

   This is a gift prepared by Gu Miao.

  In this animated short film, in August 2010, under heavy pressure, a cute pandaren established Wolf Castle Studio and produced "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

   "You can't make it..."

   "Joke? A wolf catching a sheep can also be made into an animation? If someone watches this, I'll just change my name to your last name!"

  Amid the doubts and criticisms, the animation "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" was broadcast.

   As expected.

  Because of low cost, rough production, and little publicity, the broadcast platform is a regional children's channel that even "locals" don't like to watch.

   So, the ratings are very, very low.

  The pandaren nestled at home, looking at the messy drawings on the table, listening to the voice of the landlord outside the door urging to pay the rent, and fell into a long meditation.

  Everyone is fascinated.

  You can basically guess what the short film tells. But I guessed it, I guessed it, Mr. Gu's early entrepreneurial experience, few new employees really know about it.

  So they are also very curious, curious about what happened in the early days of Wanbao?

  The short film is very short, ten minutes.

  In these ten minutes, it mainly tells the process of Gu Miao from being questioned at the beginning to the soaring ratings of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

"is this real?"

  Seeing the scene in the video where the pandaren named Gu Miao was starving because he had no money to eat after paying the rent, Jiang Keke asked curiously, "You were really so poor back then?"

   "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

   "That's fake!"

   "Half-truths, half-false."

  Gu Miao recalled the past and said: "It was really poor at that time, and it was true that there was no money to eat after paying the rent. But when my dad found out, he gave me 5,000 yuan..."

   "Uncle is so kind to you."

  Gu Miao smiled, but didn't say anything.

   Reminiscing about bitterness and thinking about sweetness!

  It is precisely because of these experiences that I know how to cherish the happy life I have today. He asked Ma Kui to make this short film, in fact, he also wanted to express this truth.

  Don’t think that now that Wanbao has become stronger and can be called the number one animation company in China, you will forget the hard times you have spent in the past.

   To put it bluntly...

  Without "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", Gu Miao still doesn't know which overpass to beg for food now! Without the support of Mr. Wang, how could Wanbao have the glory it is today?

  The larger the company, the more cautious it must be.

  Not everyone understands the principle of being prepared for danger in times of peace. Gu Miao knew very well in her heart that Wanbao's achievements today were hard-won, and the more this happened, the more he had to act calmly.

  Being the president of a company is much more difficult than being an animation director.

  If possible, Gu Miao didn't want to make such a big stall and make herself exhausted. But when you stand on the cusp of the storm, it is no longer that you can stop if you want to.

  The movie playback ends.

  Everyone is still immersed in the short film, and hasn't recovered for a long time. It wasn't until Gu Miao came to the stage and announced a decision that the noise returned to the venue.

   What decision?

   Of course, Wanbao Animation will enter the film industry after the Lunar New Year and produce an animated film.

   This is definitely a shocking news!

   You must know that "Quiba: One Hundred Thousand Urgent Urgency" has just passed the first seven days, and the bones are not cold yet! Wanbao, who watched "Quiba" come to an end with regret, not only failed to learn his lesson, but also wanted to enter the film industry?

   Huang Kun and Ma Kui are better.

   After all, they are executives, and they received the news in advance, so they were not so shocked or surprised.

  But those ordinary employees are different.

   Everyone looked at Mr. Gu who was in high spirits on the stage, and couldn't help but wonder if he had drunk too much? TV animation is doing very well, why go to the muddy water of animation movies?

   Even though it has been pushed countless times, I still want to push the animation "Super Cool Cat" again

  (end of this chapter)