My Animation Era

  What kind of job can people not refuse? What kind of treatment can be called generous?

  The answer is simple...

  More money, less work, close to home!

  After Gu Miao sacrificed these three axes, the matter of digging the wall became easy. He didn't even talk about the job content, and the other party had already accepted the invitation of Wanbao Animation.

   It turns out!

  No matter which country the migrant workers are from, they can’t resist the temptation of “more money, less work, closer to home”.

  The last day of July.

  Wanbao Animation (North America) branch was established in Glendale, a small town 12 kilometers northeast of Los Angeles, in southwest California.

Forehead? Why not in Los Angeles?

   Good question!

  At first, Gu Miao also thought of being in Los Angeles. After all, Wanbao Group is such a big company, and it always feels strange that the North American branch is not set up in the main city of Los Angeles.

  But this "Oscar" level animation team originally lived in Glendale.

  In addition, the transportation here is quite convenient, the infrastructure is complete, and it is not far from the airport and the main city of Los Angeles, so Gu Miao has no objections.

Where    is doesn't really matter.

   Isn’t Wanbao’s headquarters located in the center of Jiangchuan at the beginning? As a result, the employees thought it was inconvenient to park, and the urban area was too noisy and the roads were congested. Didn’t they move to the animation industrial park in the new urban area?

   Neon Division is even more fun!

   Originally renting an office building in the urban area, the landlord did something bad, thinking that Wanbao was a big wronged person, and he should be able to kill it severely.

  Seto and others were not popular, so they simply rebuilt the branch building in the suburbs.

  For companies engaged in animation production, it doesn't really matter where the company is located. Living in a remote area can produce world-famous animation, and living in a mansion in the city center does not necessarily mean that the work will be popular.

  Of course, except those engaged in finance!

  Although the North American branch of Wanbao located in Glendale was established, it is actually very small in scale, with only a few dozen employees in total.

   To put it bluntly, it is still an empty shell.

   Fortunately, Gu Miao doesn't expect to make money from them, it doesn't matter how many people there are. Otherwise, these dozens of people would not have enough teeth.

   "Boss!"

   "Thank you very much for the working environment you provided us, but I have to remind you that we are not good at making Huaguo style... Well! There are also neon style animations."

  The head of the North American Division, the leader of the core creative team, Dave Smith, who has been on the Oscars three times, said to Gu Miao on the video call.

   "So...I'm not sure if you know this, but the problem is, we're not fit to be involved with everything...I mean existing projects."

   "Dave, I see what you mean."

  Gu Miao nodded affirmatively: "Don't worry, I won't force you to participate in the existing animation project."

  He has already considered this point.

  Dave and his core team are essentially following the American animation route, let them be JK beautiful girls? Let them do 3D fruit treasure special attack?

   Stop being funny!

  Even if Dave didn't mention it, it's impossible for Gu Miao to do such a stupid thing of letting the cook drive the excavator.

   It is clearly not a style, and if you force it together, it will only become a pile of shit, and there will be no second result.

  Gu Miao has better arrangements.

  In fact, he has already sent Dave via email the idea and plan of the animation "Tom and Jerry".

  His requirement is to keep improving!

  From the date of establishment of the North American branch, the headquarters will continue to provide comprehensive support for this project, including capital and manpower.

   The project has no time limit.

   Three years of sharpening a sword? Five years of sharpening a sword? These are not problems, as long as the quality of the finished film is high enough, it doesn't matter whether it is three years or five years, Gu Miao can afford to wait.

   Anyway, he is still young, don't worry!

  …

   "Is this too extravagant?"

  After learning about the terms Mr. Gu set for the North American branch, Huang Kun couldn't help but say in shock: "If there is no construction period, then how many years will it take in the end?"

"How would I know?"

   "As long as the work is not deliberately bad, but is constantly polished, then I don't think the length of the construction period is really important." Gu Miao pursed her lips and said.

  If he remembers correctly, the "Tom and Jerry" animation originally released by MGM is the version with MGM's iconic "Lion's Roar" in the opening title.

  18 years, 114 episodes of animation, 7 Oscars for Best Animated Short Film!

  emm... six episodes a year?

Ok!

   This is the "handmade" standard decades ago, and it cannot be compared with the current animation production standard.

  In general, with the improvement of technology, it is much easier and easier to produce animation now than it was back then, and the corresponding construction period will be shortened.

  However, if you want to polish a high-quality work that is not inferior to the original "Tom and Jerry" animation, even if the era is different, the required construction period will still not be too short.

   It has nothing to do with the budget.

  Even if the budget is in place, can the quality of the finished film be at the same level between the "fast food" version made in one year and the version polished in three years?

  Nowadays, fast food animation is prevalent.

  Almost every animation company is constantly compressing the construction period and budget. There are very few animation teams that don’t care about the length of the construction period and focus on polishing their works.

  Shangmei?

  In those days, it was indeed possible to do it with an iron rice bowl.

  Gu Miao's requirement for the North American branch is to keep a deaf ear to the outside world and focus on making animations. Time is absolutely necessary in order to create an animation that will go down in history.

   "Don't say this..."

  Waving her hand, Gu Miao raised her wrist to look at the time, and then asked Huang Kun, "At twelve o'clock tonight, it should be the premiere of the movie "Lotus Lantern", right?"

   "Exactly!"

  Huang Kun took out two tickets from his pocket as if offering a treasure, shook them and asked, "What do you say? Do you want to go and see together?"

   "Go! Of course you have to go and see."

   "The publicity has been going on for so long and the momentum has been so great, I really want to know what the movie will look like." Gu Miao said with great anticipation.

   "Then you have to get tissues ready!"

  Huang Kun winked and said: "I heard that when Meihua Animation held an internal test screening, many people cried..."

Really? I do not believe!

  Gu Miao is a pure love iron warrior who has been tested by yellow hair after all. What tearful scene has he never seen? After killing the tauren for so many years, his heart has become as cold as a blade.

   Like to engage in sensational tears, right?

   It’s not that he brags about the animation that makes him cry. Except for “Things About That Rabbit That Year”, he hasn’t seen the second one yet!

  It's just "Lotus Lantern", it won't bother him at all.

  Full of confidence, Gu Miao took out a movie ticket for the premiere from Huang Kun's hand, held her head high and said, "Just wait and see, who might cry like a dog tonight!"

   "Huh! Cups?"

  Huang Kun sneered: "Then let's make a bet, whoever cries will go to Weibo and post: I am a dog?"

   "It's a deal!"