"What the hell is this written on!"
Ji Xinrong frowned, and was furious: "Students from Xingning University of the Arts, how can you write scripts of this level? What did your teacher teach you? It doesn't mean that animation producers must be able to write scripts, but since you are not a diamond drill, then don't take on porcelain work. Look at what a bunch of crap you wrote, I'm embarrassed for you!"
The whole place was dead silent.
Logically speaking, if the script wasn't really that bad, the top producer in the industry, who the school had spent a lot of effort to invite, wouldn't have said such ruthless words. Since Ji Xinrong reacted so strongly, then the script...
Everyone's eyes fell on the script on the table at the same time, and their eyes suddenly became a little subtle.
Professor Zhang turned his head away, as if he didn't want to even look at it again.
Fang Lian's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously glanced at Mu Suxing, fearing that he would scold Ji Xinrong like he did to Professor Zhang. Fortunately, Mu Suxing just frowned but didn't say a word.
Wen Feihang's heart moved slightly. Now he finally understood why he didn't like this animation script.
Although the animations produced by Director Ji can also make money, in the final analysis, the animations he produced have never deviated from the scope of artistry. Although artistic animated films are niche, Ji Xinrong's animated films are good in terms of plot and have won many awards.
Even many people who are not interested in animation will go and watch an award-winning animated film with a good reputation based on online recommendations when they hear about it.
But “is” is different.
As a TV animation script, Wen Feihang feels that there are many flaws in the plot logic of "IS". The villain is so stupid that he almost puts his face close to the protagonist to get hit. Not only that, the entire animation plan, from character design to plot design, is deliberately designed to please readers.
To put it nicely, this is a purely commercial TV animation script; to put it bluntly, in the eyes of a great director like Ji Xinrong, it is superficial, vulgar, blatant, and undisguised otaku-friendly!
No wonder Ji Xinrong was so angry after reading the script.
For animation directors like Ji Xinrong, having a weird temper is one thing - most talented directors tend to have unusual tempers. They also have a sense of pride in being a director. The more art-house-oriented a director is, the more they stick to their bottom line. In their view, someone like Mu Suxing is just short of having the words "I'm just here to make money" written on his face. How can they not be angry
The director felt bad when he saw this. He knew Ji Xinrong's temper. Moreover, he was someone the school had spent a lot of effort to invite and could not be easily offended. So he had to glare at Mu Suxing and quickly change the subject: "By the way, Director Ji, this morning, Professor Li told me that he hadn't seen you for a long time and asked you to visit him when you are free. Otherwise... let's go and take a look first?"
After the director said this, Ji Xinrong calmed down.
He was still angry about Mu Suxing's crappy script, but this was Xingning University of the Arts after all, and he knew how much importance Xingning University of the Arts attached to the current support project. His outburst would be minor, but if the news got out, Xingning University of the Arts would not look good. He himself was also an alumnus of Xingning University of the Arts, so he had to give them some face no matter what.
Ji Xinrong took a breath and finally went down the stairs: "Okay, let's go sit with Lao Li first."
The group came and left quickly, leaving a group of students looking at each other in bewilderment.
After the director and Ji Xinrong and his group left, Professor Zhang also stood up and said, "I am old and cannot keep up with the thinking and aesthetics of you young people. I will not stay here to get in the way." He said politely, "You guys work hard and don't let the school down."
After saying that, he also walked away.
The two big guys just left like that, and the students present looked at Mu Suxing with something strange in their eyes. Then they looked at the people around them who had the same gloomy expressions as their own, and they immediately regretted signing up for this project.
You know, the opening or ending credits of an animation usually have a list of the production team members, and it is clear who is responsible for what project. In other words, if the animation "Muxuxing" is a terrible show, it will have a very bad impact on their job hunting after graduation.
Mu Suxing glanced at everyone's faces and knew that the animation would definitely not be able to be produced today, so he simply said, "That's it for today. We will notify you of the specific time later. Everyone, go home."
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen people walked out of the classroom in a mighty manner, obviously unwilling to stay any longer. The classroom suddenly became empty, with only Mu Suxing, Wen Feihang and Fang Lian left.
Wen Feihang: "What should we do now?"
"I don't think we need to be too anxious," Fang Lian said calmly, "According to the school's usual routine, this matter will most likely be resolved. At most, we'll just ask Amu to modify the script and continue with the animation."
Mu Suxing said, "Who said I want to change the script?"
Wen Feihang hesitated and said, "But Director Ji Xinrong..."
Fang Lian was surprised and asked, "This is Director Ji Xinrong? I remember you were a fan of Ji Xinrong before? You used to call him your idol, why did you change your mind like a woman?"
"Fatty, shut up right there," Wen Feihang glared at him angrily, "I'm no longer a fan, okay? If you were to be criticized and scolded so mercilessly by your idol in public, would you still be a fan?"
After understanding the reasons why he disliked "is", Wen Feihang actually understood Ji Xinrong's reaction.
Although he is also an artistic youth, he is not as extreme as Ji Xinrong. He likes high-quality animations with clear logic and excellent plots, but he does not deny the so-called superficial and vulgar brainless cute and erotic harem animations. In his opinion, "IS" actually has many merits and does have the potential to become a big hit. However, with Ji Xinrong's words, Muxuxing's road will probably be much more difficult.
How is it possible to say that there is no knot in my heart
Fang Lian said: "That's not necessarily true. If Liu Wan's wife insulted me in public, I would definitely not stop being a fan."
Wen Feihang could no longer bear it: "... You'd better shut up. I have nothing in common with a perverted fat otaku like you."
The two were about to start arguing, but Mu Suxing remained calm and calmed them down with just one sentence.
"I won't change the script, and I don't need to," Mu Suxing said, "Don't pay attention to Ji Xinrong's words. He doesn't understand commercial animation at all."
Fang Lian's face changed slightly. He looked around and found that there were indeed only three of them in the classroom. He breathed a sigh of relief: "Fuck, brother, please keep your voice down. If others hear what you said, it will definitely cause a bloody storm!"
Wen Feihang was also a little confused.
A college student who has not yet graduated actually said that an animation director whose animated film box office is 300 million yuan does not understand commercial animation? If this statement is made public, the entire animation industry will surely be filled with spit!
Muxiuxing shrugged.
What he said was true, but the animation circle was too small at that time and it couldn't be seen clearly.
Mu Suxing didn't hate Ji Xinrong. On the contrary, he actually felt a little sympathy for Ji Xinrong.
It would be fine if Ji Xinrong was the kind of animation director who insisted on taking the literary and artistic route, but in the following twenty years of rapid development of animation, he became jealous of the box office of commercial animated films and switched to making commercial animations, which he despised.
This is actually nothing, after all, everyone needs to eat, but the problem is that although Ji Xinrong is doing commercial animation on the surface, he always looks down on this field in his heart. He despises the audience of commercial animation and believes that they are the ones who cause the homogeneity and stupidity of the entire animation industry -
How can a director who looks down on commercial animation make a good commercial animation film
The animated films he made in the past, even if the box office was only 200 or 300 million, could not compare with those animated films with the box office of nearly 1 billion, but at least they still had a good reputation and depth. However, since he switched to commercial animation, the results can only be described as a bloody plop. It can be said that they were neither critically acclaimed nor commercially popular. In the end, he ruined the good reputation that he had worked so hard to build in his early years.
In his previous life, an animated film produced by Mu Xuxing happened to be released at the same time as Ji Xinrong's work - at that time, Mu Xuxing was just a new animated film director. However, even so, the commercial blockbuster that Ji Xinrong had carefully prepared ended up with a box office that was not as good as that of the newcomer Mu Xuxing.
Mu Suxing was not being arrogant when he said that Ji Xinrong didn't understand commercial animation.