"The animation only made 13 episodes?"
Sitting in the office of Eagle's Nest China, Chen Yuanming frowned slightly. According to the original budget, the production should be 24 episodes.
Seeing the investor's slightly puzzled look, Dai Lao, who was standing beside him, replied nervously, "This is only the first one. Our plan is to launch two works with a total of 26 episodes. President Wang suggested that the first one be released first. Put it into the market and see the audience's reaction. Moreover, the TV animations produced by Shangmei before are mainly 13 episodes, and it is not in our habit to rashly adapt the length of the episodes... "
Wang Ning further added, "Chen Dong, this is also the conclusion drawn by the animation department with reference to domestic and foreign TV animation playback modes. Not to mention Shangmei's production habits, in Japan, commercial animations are filmed along with the broadcast, and they are always available at any time. The length of the episodes can be adjusted according to the ratings, so that the production cost of the film can be controlled to a large extent. If the ratings are not good, it can be cut in half. However, in China, the whole work is usually approved for screening together, and it is very possible to directly shoot a full-length film. It creates a problem of uncontrollable risk. So we finally chose this mode of operation.”
Although how to make animations is not a problem that Chen Yuanming cares about at all, but he still understands the meaning of the two, but it is to control the initial investment, and then proceed to the next stage of production after the funds are returned, which can be regarded as a reasonable output mode .
Seeing Chen Yuanming's slightly wrinkled brows slowly calming down, Wang Ning knew that the boss agreed with their approach. 2 million RMB is not worth mentioning for this young rich man. What he cares about is not how he spends his money, but how he spends it. Whether it is worth it, can you achieve your desired goals? These two points are issues that he, the producer, need to consider carefully.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Ning continued, "The cost control and production progress of this animation are very ideal. After all, animation is a work drawn frame by frame, not like those live-action film and television dramas. It only took 4 hours from project initiation to completion. For many months, it has greatly exceeded the speed limit of Shanghai United States. At present, the film has been submitted for review, and it should not take too long to obtain the broadcasting rights.”
Chen Yuanming nodded, "This speed is faster than I expected."
"It's also thanks to the excellent level of Eagle's Nest painters." Tie Lao did not take credit, and sighed with emotion, "Shangmei only made 500 minutes of animation last year, and this time I completed nearly 300 minutes in 4 months. The finished product, the level of painting is still very high, which greatly exceeded our expectations. This is still the beginning of the Eagle's Nest, and there are not enough painters. If it develops for another year or two, the animation time produced each year should be an amazing figure. "
However, Chen Yuanming shook his head, "The biggest problem in the animation industry at present is that it cannot continue to make profits. We should solve this problem first, and the rest will only be meaningful if the market is complete."
Wang Ning nodded immediately, "So this PHS broadcast should not adopt the usual mode, and now Shanghai TV only pays 100 yuan to broadcast an episode of animation, and even a classic masterpiece like "Transformers" costs 500,000 yuan for the whole movie. It’s capped, and we still can’t pin all our hopes on broadcast fees for short stories like ours.”
Looking at the two old directors with slightly tangled expressions, Chen Yuanming smiled slightly, "Why, can't we talk about this? President Wang, what do you mean?"