If in the past, Shen Tongfang only loved Huaying Animation because he liked "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", then now after learning about Huaying's future plans, he began to admire Huaying.
Even though they knew it was impossible to make a profit, they still spent a huge amount of money to invite important masters in the field of art on Blue Star to participate in the production, and then added classics that have been passed down through the ages - Shen Tongfang had no doubt that this series of animations could be called works of art, and would have no problem using them as teaching materials for students learning ancient Chinese or art in the future!
"... I do have this idea," Mu Suxing said with a smile when the reporter asked a similar question, "If possible, I hope to use animation, a more easily accepted form, to enable students to achieve twice the result with half the effort when learning. Even if it can help them memorize Red Cliff more easily, then our series will be meaningful."
"In other words, Huaying is planning to make a teaching animation?"
"No, that's not the case," Muxuxing shook his head. "Huaying's original intention was to make animations. We will do our best to make this series - let art students learn the pictures, let college entrance examination students understand ancient Chinese, let art students experience ancient musical instruments... These can only be said to be an effect we hope to achieve, not the ultimate goal."
Muxuxing’s idea is actually very simple.
The reason why he wanted to make this series of animations is that he himself likes artistic animations and has a certain sentiment towards traditional artistic forms such as ink painting, paper cutting, and shadow puppetry. The second reason is the concept he has always held -
Since he has a chance to live his life all over again and has adventures and experiences that others don't have, he should certainly do things that most people want to do but can't do for various reasons.
That’s why he founded “Huaying Comics” to give cartoonists the treatment and respect they deserve. That’s why he chose to invest a lot of manpower and financial resources in the art animation series based on famous historical works such as “Red Cliff” and “Chu Shi Biao”, even though he knew that it would not bring him any profit.
This has nothing to do with profit. It's just that as an animation producer, he hopes to leave something precious to the world if he can.
Art is priceless.
Mu Suxing did not say these words, nor was there any need to elaborate on them to the reporters. After briefly talking about the follow-up plans of Huaying Animation, the entire press conference ended. At the same time, news related to this press conference quickly made it to the homepages of two-dimensional and art-related news websites.
"The art students were stunned. Both Master Zhang Hongyuan and Master Wu Chun were able to get the job done. My stars are shining!"
"Those who just entered the first year of high school this year said they would be satisfied with one book, but for the college entrance examination recitation, I will rely on Huaying!"
"I, a social animal, feel a little envious when watching this news. This series will definitely include many famous articles that must be memorized for the college entrance examination. I am crying. Why didn't there be such a conscientious animation company when I was studying? They even teach people how to study!"
"I just want to say that judging from the press conference, Xingxing definitely has no intention of selling it. It is estimated that at most they will release a DVD or BD. But judging from the bigwigs Xingxing hired, to be honest, this deal is definitely a huge loss. Some people may not understand the significance of this. I can only say that with a master of this level joining in, as long as they perform normally, this animation series will be a true work of art, a treasure once it comes out."
"I suddenly remembered the contract between Huaying Animation and its comic authors... Xingxing is really great qaq Qiuqiu. Huaying's president should use his brain to think of some way to make money. If this continues, I'm really worried that Xingxing will go bankrupt."
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In fact, not only netizens, but almost all media weekly magazines have praised the animation project of Huaying Animation. Even those who did not like Huaying in the past have to admit that Huaying Animation is indeed worthy of its current status as a leading company in the animation industry, whether in terms of animation works or the company's own sense of responsibility.
At the same time, the General Administration of Press and Publication.
Su Xueyi felt a little tired.
During this period of time, the newspaper and periodical department seemed to be calm, but in fact it was under a lot of pressure from both inside and outside. Especially after the Sherlock Holmes Museum was decided to be built in Rocha County, the audio-visual department next door was full of ridicule in its words, not to mention the angry calls from the public.
As another core character in this incident, every move of Huaying Animation is naturally under their attention.
When Huaying Animation announced that they would cooperate with universities in Xingning Province to produce an animation film based on famous historical works, and specially invited important artists from Blue Star for this purpose, Su Xueyi knew that the dispute that had lasted for nearly a month due to the silence of the General Administration might come to an end.
He even thought that as soon as the press conference was over, the director of the audio-visual department next door would call him and scold him, but he never expected that the first party to come to him was not his mortal enemy next door, but the Ministry of Education, which was not related to him at all!
"No," Su Xueyi was annoyed after being scolded out of the blue: "What does the publishing of other people's comic weekly have to do with your Ministry of Education?" You are crazy!
The Minister of Education of Xingning Province this term also has a bad temper. Hearing this, he became even more rude: "Have you never watched the Sherlock Holmes series, or don't you know that Master Zhang Hongyuan and Master Wu Chun are our national-level veteran artists? Do you know how much benefit this animation series will bring to students once it is produced?"
Su Xueyi: ... Why do I have to watch the Sherlock Holmes series for no reason? Damn, Idiot!
That’s not all.
The Minister of Education scolded him privately, but that was fine. To put it bluntly, the two of them were not in the same department and their work areas had basically no overlap, so it didn't hurt him at all. If someone disliked him and wanted him to pack up and leave, the person would probably be the director of the audio-visual department next door.
However, until he got off work, he did not receive any ridicule from his arch-enemy.
until-
The next day, at nine in the morning, in the conference hall of the General Administration of Press and Publication.
As soon as Su Xueyi sat down in his seat, he saw his mortal enemy sitting opposite him. In the past, even if the other party did not taunt him in a sarcastic way, he would not have given him any cold look. However, at this moment, the other party just lowered his head and flipped through the printed paper in his hand without even looking at him.
The meeting officially began at 9:30.
After the usual process, it was time for each department to take turns to raise their own topics according to the pre-arranged arrangements. Just when Su Xueyi thought that the other party would take this opportunity to talk about yesterday's incident, he heard him say indifferently: "I suggest implementing a grading system."
"Director Xu, I thought we had discussed this topic last time," someone frowned and said, "It's not that we don't want to implement a grading system, but the management cost is too huge. In comparison, a one-size-fits-all approach is not only more time-saving, but also avoids a lot of unnecessary trouble."
"But it would also cost us a lot of important things."
"Like a cartoon character?" someone asked with a smile, his tone sarcastic.
Xu Yiping said calmly: "Yes, a comic character that made Luo Chajun make exceptions many times and wanted to keep him at all costs."
In order to ensure that Holmes belongs to Rocha County, the local municipal government has taken a series of measures that are well-known in Blue Star. The people present couldn't pretend they didn't know. When Xu Yiping said this, the people below were stunned and inevitably speechless.
"Let's not talk about anything else. How much animation support funds have we set up over the years?" Xu Yiping asked.
The so-called animation support fund, as its name suggests, is a special fund set up to support the development of animation in Xingning Province. All animations that pass the review and are broadcast on TV stations will receive official support funds from Xingning Province according to their minutes.
But in fact, this special fund is actually useless.
The reason is simple. Most animation companies do not use support funds to make animations. Instead, they try to defraud as much money as possible from the government by reducing the cost of animation production as much as possible.
In other words, when these companies were producing animations, they initially considered earning profits through the price difference, rather than recovering their costs through CDs or peripherals like ordinary animations. And the quality level of such animations with extremely low production costs is undoubtedly hard to describe.
To put it bluntly, no one knows into whose pocket the support funds allocated by the General Administration over the years have gone.
"Since we are spending money anyway, why don't we use it to develop a comprehensive rating system, create a better pan-entertainment environment for Xingning Province, and spend it on more valuable companies?"
Su Xueyi was silent.
This statement seems to have nothing to do with their newspaper department, but in fact it is just the opposite - once the classification system is established, then the original "Taking Las Vegas" will inevitably be pulled out for re-examination, and then because of "work errors", I have caused this moment...
Su Xueyi gritted his teeth and looked unwillingly at the director at the end of the long table.
"That's right. Then the topic of the next meeting will be whether to re-establish the classification system." After a brief silence, the director who held the final decision-making power finally spoke: "Xu Yiping, at the next meeting, I want to see a complete idea and decision."
Su Xueyi felt a chill in his heart.
He was very familiar with the General Administration's working style. Now the director told Xu Yiping to prepare for the meeting in a week to discuss and make a decision. In fact, it seemed that he already had a plan in mind. The meeting in a week was just a superficial procedure.
The meeting was over and people left the open door in twos and threes. Su Xueyi mixed in the crowd, with a hint of bitterness rising up at the corner of his mouth.
I'm afraid that in just a week, the entire General Administration of Press and Publication will undergo a large-scale reshuffle.
A week later.
News about Xingning Province rebuilding its grading system, some staff members of the General Administration being transferred, and some cartoons entering re-examination soon appeared on the front pages of all news websites.
"Oh my god, am I dreaming, or has the General Administration finally woken up and decided to do something?"
"I only care about my "Taken in Las Vegas". Since some comics have to be reviewed according to the ratings, does that mean I can buy "Huaying Comics" first in the future?"
"To reply to the above post, there is good news and bad news - the good news is that "Huaying Comics" announced that it will resume normal serialization in Xingning Province starting next week, and the bad news is that "Taking Over Las Vegas" will end in the next issue of "Huaying Comics". No kidding, considering that there are always many people in Xingning Province, I have already held a meeting to doubt whether I will not be able to get the next issue of "Huaying Comics" at all qaq"