Qin Sheng understood: "So, Huaying's next animation is about tennis?"
Mu Xiuxing smiled and nodded.
This so-called tennis animation naturally refers to "The Prince of Tennis".
As early as when "Cardcaptor Sakura" was being produced, Makusuki had considered making a second TV animation for Kaei.
In Mu Suxing's opinion, Huaying's TV animation should meet two requirements. First, the quality of the animation itself should be excellent and the plot should be exciting enough. Second, the audience of the animation should not be limited to children and teenagers. It should be like "Cardcaptor Sakura" and have an effect that appeals to all ages.
In terms of these two points, "The Prince of Tennis" is undoubtedly the most suitable.
Sports-themed manga is very popular, and the appearance of "The Prince of Tennis" can fill the gap in sports animation on the market. On the other hand, Mu Suxing does not intend to adapt all the manga in the "Prince of Tennis" series - "Murderous Tennis" can certainly deepen the audience's impression, but overall, the middle and late stages are too exaggerated, and the setting of playing tennis is more like beating people. Regardless of whether it will have a negative impact on the film, whether it can pass the review of the relevant departments is a problem.
After all, ignorant children are the basic base of TV animation.
The special thing about "The Prince of Tennis" is that its overall plot is simple and easy to understand, and the various tennis skills look cool and handsome, which can easily win the hearts of children. In addition, there are many characters in the comics, and almost every character has a distinct personality, cute and interesting. No matter how demanding a person is, he will always be touched by one of the characters.
What Muxuxing wants to do is to use "The Prince of Tennis" to leave a deep impression in the hearts of child audiences.
Young viewers don’t have to remember the pictures and shadows, and it’s impossible for them to pay attention to the production company of an animation now, but what about when they grow up
When the youngest group of audiences grow up, and when they unexpectedly discover that their favorite animations in childhood, and even the TV series they are still following today, are all works from the same animation production company, then Huaying Animation will inevitably become the most special existence in the hearts of this generation of children.
"The Prince of Tennis", which is unforgettable to countless people, is just the beginning of a new stage in anime.
Qin Sheng didn't mean to ask more questions. Mu Suxing's intuition about animation has always been terrifyingly sharp. Since he said that he wanted to use this as the starting capital for establishing the school, he must have his reasons. At this moment, he just reminded him, "If you have time, I suggest you visit Professor Li. The older generation of artists have some prejudice against commercial animation. It will be much smoother if you are introduced by a familiar senior."
"As for how to convince Professor Li Lianggong, as his student, you should know better than me, but..." Qin Sheng thought about it and made a suggestion: "With your current level, I think you can try teaching at a university with an animation major. Most of the older generation are practical people, and their actual actions are more useful than any verbal persuasion."
That's a good idea.
By the way, he actually received invitations from several universities a few days ago, hoping that he could go there to give lectures to students every month. At that time, he was worried that once the work of painting and shadowing got busy, he would be exhausted all day long, so he put aside several emails. Now it seems that it would be a good idea to go to other universities to give trial lectures and learn about them at the same time.
Thinking of this, Mu Suxing nodded in agreement and took note of it.
After the weekend, it was soon back to the busy workday. With the goal of running a school, Mu Suxing felt the pressure, but also the long-lost motivation. Early Monday morning, he brought several project team leaders to hold an ad hoc meeting with "The Prince of Tennis" as the main topic.
"All the projects related to "The Prince of Tennis" are here. You can take a look. If you find any problems, you can point them out now."
Needless to say, the people under Muxuxing were all very concerned about the project. The employees who were mainly responsible for script review were the fastest and finished the entire project in a short while, with some expressions of unfinished business on their faces.
"This is just right. I don't think there is any need to modify it."
"It's much more complete than I thought," someone commented. "Although there are no real sports animations on the market, in my opinion, this "Prince of Tennis" can be said to have taken into account all the elements that a sports animation should have. There are many different characters with distinct personalities, cool and interesting ball skills, the competition and daily life are arranged just right, and the plot seems to be well-paced. As long as the painting and script are not broken, it will definitely be a hit."
Mu Suxing nodded slightly and said, "Very good, now let's discuss the issue of advertising placement."
"ah?"
Everyone looked at each other.
There is nothing wrong with the planning of "The Prince of Tennis", but isn't their boss too decisive? The planning has just been confirmed, and the animation has not even started production yet, but they are already looking for advertising placement
Some of the old men who were painting the shadows looked as if it was a matter of course, as if they didn't think there was anything wrong with looking for advertising placement so early. As for whether this speed was too fast... there was nothing they could do, because once Director Mu entered the workaholic state, he was so efficient.
The head of the advertising department was Ruan Wei. She was an old employee of Huaying when it was founded. When she saw Mu Suxing speaking, she raised her hand without hesitation. When Mu Suxing nodded at her, the capable female director quickly stood up and said calmly:
"Currently, Bluestar has three largest, most influential and most famous sports brands, namely Qingta, Lux and Quanxing. Qingta focuses on basketball and football, and its various sports shoes have occupied 30% of the market share for many years; Lux is a comprehensive sports goods company..."
The old employees were calm, but the newcomers who had the opportunity to attend such a meeting because of promotion were inevitably stunned. They felt mixed emotions: surprise, but more of pride.
Among all the animation companies, Huaying is probably the only one that can determine the advertising placement long before the animation project starts, and directly target the largest brand on Blue Star.
If it were in other companies, they might think that this was too arrogant, but when it came to Huaying, they were a little surprised, but after the surprise, it was natural. Arrogant? It seemed a little arrogant, but as the boss, wasn't it natural for Huaying to be so arrogant
"In summary, I personally suggest that the company should focus on Lux Sports." After introducing three brands one after another, Ruan Wei concluded: "As a comprehensive sporting goods company, although Lux's products are the most comprehensive, they are inferior to Qingta and Quanxing in all aspects. For this reason, Lux should not miss any opportunity to catch up with Qingta and Quanxing."
"Then the cooperation with Lux will be left to you, is that ok?" asked Mu Suxing.
"No problem," Ruan Wei nodded simply, "I'll negotiate the most suitable brand before Friday."
…
Chang Guanghua was confused until the end of the meeting.
That’s it
Is this the end
If you calculate carefully, including the time everyone spent looking at their own plans, this impromptu meeting lasted less than half an hour. However, within this half hour, Mu Suxing managed to efficiently arrange everyone's work, and the people who were called quickly introduced several countermeasures and gave what they thought were the most appropriate options and detailed analysis.
As a cartoonist, I only need to draw according to the above arrangements.
"Brother Fang, um..." Chang Guanghua couldn't help but ask, "Doctor Mu, is he always this fast?"
Fang Lian gave him a reproachful look: "It's broad daylight and everyone is here, why are you talking about speed? Speak properly."
The two men did not deliberately lower their voices while talking, so as soon as Fang Lian made this joke, the people closest to him all looked over at once. Chang Guanghua nervously looked for Mu Suxing in the crowd, and only after he was sure that his boss was far enough away from him and was unlikely to hear what he said did he breathe a sigh of relief.
He touched his heart and said weakly: "Brother Fang, please stop joking with me. I am almost scared to death by you..."
Fang Lian, on the other hand, became interested: "Hearing what you said, why do you seem to be quite afraid of him? Is Director Mu a big devil in your minds?" He said stealthily: "It's okay, tell me the truth, I promise not to tell Director Mu."
Chang Guanghua looked at him with contempt, and the other party didn't believe a word of what he said.
"I'm not afraid, actually." Chang Guanghua thought for a moment and answered seriously, "It's just that I've been in other project teams before and have never worked under Director Mu. This is my first time. Director Mu seems to take this project very seriously, so I'm a little nervous."
He paused, but still couldn't hold back his curiosity: "Brother Fang, since you have worked with Director Mu on so many projects, you should know his style of doing projects, right?"
Fang Lian recalled the countless times over the years that he had been scolded by Mu Suxing for all sorts of nitpicking reasons, as well as the countless times he had changed the lenses to the point where he wanted to vomit just by looking at the pictures, and fell into deep thought.
Then he looked up and saw the newcomer's nervous and expectant face.
Fang Lian thought.
Forget it, everyone has such a simple and cute rookie period, so it’s better not to shatter the other person’s delusion.
So he waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, your director Mu has a good temper. As long as the mistake is not too stupid, he won't be really angry with you." He will just point out the problem bluntly and ask you to correct it until you collapse.
"Besides, your director Mu is truly talented and has first-class abilities in all aspects. If you follow him carefully, you will definitely benefit much more than if you worked in other groups. You know, those newcomers who followed the project team and were guided by him back then are now big guys who can stand on their own in their respective project groups of the company." It would be strange if you didn't make great progress by revising and studying under the high-pressure guidance of a tyrant.
Chang Guanghua of course didn't know what he was complaining about. Upon hearing that, he immediately said with high morale: "It doesn't matter. If Director Mu is not satisfied, I will change it until he is satisfied. I will definitely not let him down!"
Fang Lian glanced at him and immediately felt a little respectful.
Chang Guanghua felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, and asked in confusion: "What, what happened?"
"Nothing." Fang Lian coughed lightly, "It's just that looking at you young people, I suddenly feel full of hope for the future of Huaying."
What a familiar scene! Is this the cycle of history
Fang Lian thought.
Others might think that Mu Xuxing was always like this, but Fang Lian knew that although Mu Xuxing always took his work seriously, this time it was indeed different.
The passion that seemed nothing special but so precious made him feel as if he had returned to many years ago, when Huaying was still unknown and everyone was crowded in a small studio, working hard for an animation that even the school teachers did not think highly of.
Although I don’t know what happened or what will happen in the future, looking at Mu Xuxing’s appearance, I think something good is going to happen, right
Thinking of this, Fang Lian also felt aroused by his long-lost fighting spirit, and immediately added a sentence in a very childish way: "For the future of Blue Star's animation industry, go for it!"
"Isn't this Huaying's future? Brother Fang, you are too childish..."
"Rounding is one thing, don't worry about these details." Fang Lian said. He didn't think so before, but now that he really said it, he felt a little ashamed and hurriedly changed the subject: "Okay, okay, talk less and do more. If you have time to think about this and that, you might as well think about how to do the project."
"oh… "
A day later, in the Huaying Animation office building, the "Prince of Tennis" project team.
Fang Lian looked at the lens in his hand that he had modified no less than ten times, then looked at Mu Suxing who was sitting not far from him and staring at him, and fell into deep thought.
…Didn’t he say that this cycle of history was a little too real