The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning, the script meeting went on as scheduled.
Rose Animation - should now be called Huaying Animation. The entire company has a total of forty-three people in various departments, large and small. Those who are here to attend the script meeting, plus the three people from Mu Suxing, make a total of exactly twenty people.
Mu Suxing didn't invite too many people in, as the conference room couldn't accommodate so many people. He invited senior employees in various positions.
"IS is the company's first animation project. It will only have one season, 26 episodes. Our goal is to complete the editing of this animation by the end of the year and schedule it for a new episode in January. You can look at the materials in your hands for details."
While Mu Suxing was speaking, Wen Feihang and Fang Lian were also busy distributing the pre-copied text scripts and storyboards to everyone present. As soon as Mu Suxing finished speaking, the employees who got the scripts first immediately opened the scripts in their hands.
For a moment, the only sound left in the spacious conference room was the faint sound of flipping pages.
As a storyboard artist, Xu An first opened the storyboard script of "IS".
His eyes swept across the storyboard on the first page, and Xu An exclaimed in surprise. Then he raised his head and looked at Mu Suxing who was sitting on it in surprise.
When Xu An first saw Mu Suxing's age and the fact that he casually spent 20 million to acquire an animation company and 40 million to produce animation, he thought that the other party was just like Mu Xingxue, a simple ACG culture enthusiast and speculator who knew nothing about animation production.
But now...
Turning his gaze back to the skillful and exquisite storyboard in front of him, Xu An seemed to be thinking about something.
It seems that their new boss is not a layman like the previous boss.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he felt something was overlooked, and he couldn't remember it for a while. At this moment, someone asked casually, "Have you decided on the director?"
Yeah, how could he forget this!
If we talk about the core figure of an animation, it is undoubtedly the director. For any animation, the director is the soul of the production process. The original artist, animator, character designer, background designer, etc., the ideas and designs of every participant must be approved by the director before they can continue.
Employees in different positions are responsible for different aspects of production, while the director is the controller of the overall animation. Many animation directors who strive for perfection and are very picky will even personally participate in every step of the animation production. The importance of this position can be imagined.
Muxuxing: "I am the chief director."
Xu An frowned with suspicion in his eyes, and everyone looked at each other with the same doubt. It was not that they looked down on the new boss. Being an animation director was not as simple as drawing a storyboard and making a decision. Apart from professional knowledge and skills, even the director's personal literary accomplishment and the diversity of his knowledge were not something an ordinary college student could achieve.
Muxiuxing? Can he do it
As everyone was in doubt, one of the young men muttered, "Muxuxing... Why do I feel like this name sounds familiar? I seem to have heard it somewhere before?"
"Oh, I remember now," the young man's eyes lit up and he raised his hand to signal, "Director, I have a question."
Muxuxing nodded at him.
The young man who got the permission couldn't wait to ask: "I would like to ask, is the Little Prince, which has been very popular on the Internet these days, your work? Did you also do the dubbing in it alone?"
"The Little Prince"
Xu An's heart moved.
Others may not pay attention to it, but as a practitioner in the animation industry, anyone who is motivated will not miss the excellent works in the industry. What's more, the broadcast location of "The Little Prince" is the subway, which almost everyone cannot leave. Xu An can't help but pay attention to "The Little Prince".
As an independent short animation, the excellence of "The Little Prince" is beyond doubt. If its director is Mu Suxing himself...
Facing the curious or suspicious eyes of the crowd, Mu Suxing said frankly: "It's me. I also took on the dubbing work alone, but..." At this point, he smiled slightly and pointed at Wen Feihang and Fang Lian beside him: "The Little Prince is not the work of me alone, it was completed by the three of us together."
The production of "is" is imminent, and in order to get into the work of the new project as soon as possible, the most urgent task is to dispel the employees' doubts about the three of them. Although short animations are different from ordinary-length dramas, with the example of "The Little Prince" in the past, the employees' doubts about him can be alleviated to some extent.
As expected, once they were told they were from the production team of The Little Prince, the expressions of the employees below also became a little better.
Xu An also breathed a sigh of relief.
Since they were able to produce "The Little Prince", at least their new boss has the basic abilities in all aspects. If that's not enough, when they make "is", they can just pay more attention to it in private, and that will be enough.
After this little episode, knowing that the new boss was not a stubborn newcomer, the following meeting went very quickly.
"The script meeting is over. Lao Xu, what are your plans?" someone asked after leaving the meeting room.
"Although the new boss is young, he looks reliable, not the ignorant college student," Xu An pondered, "The storyboards are also quite good. If he really drew them, they are at least above average in the industry. As for other aspects, we can't tell at the moment."
"What's going on in your mind?"
"Me?" Xu An thought about what he saw in the conference room. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "I'll just forget it."
"What do you mean?" Seeing Xu An's reaction, the one who started the conversation suddenly became a little nervous: "Since you are determined to leave, you must have a reason."
"I want to leave, but not now." Xu An said. Although Mu Suxing didn't say anything and he wouldn't leak the contents of the script, he even participated in the script meeting. How could he leave right away? Even if he wanted to leave, at least he would leave after finishing this animation.
Seeing his familiar colleague's nervous face, Xu An knew that he was thinking wrongly, and hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with the new boss. I think he is a man with potential and is motivated. If you want to eat this bowl of rice, you won't suffer any loss by following the new boss. As for me..."
At this point, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said helplessly: "Xiao Zhang, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. In the past few years, I have always had an idea in my mind." He pointed to his head with his finger: "I have been arguing about it for seven or eight years. If I don't make it, I will never be satisfied in this life."
After he said this, the man also fell silent.
In the animation industry, some people do it for money, using their skills to make a living and get by, while others do it for those illusory dreams in their hearts, and some are willing to sell everything they have and go bankrupt for it. As animators, who doesn't have such dreams in their hearts
It's just that reality is disappointing.
"You..." The man hesitated and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"I have saved some money in the past few years. Once the plan is completed, I will go to various companies to see if I can get as much investment as possible. At worst, I still have a house at home." Xu An said lightly: "Just stay in Huaying with peace of mind. I think the new boss is generous. Today's animation scripts can also make money. You stay in Huaying and work hard. The boss will never let you suffer any loss."
Feeling that this topic was too heavy, Xu An changed the subject after saying this, saying: "Let's not talk about this anymore. We still have work to do in the afternoon. We will probably be busy for the next four months. Let's go."
With the cooperation of more than 30 senior staff members, the production of “is” progressed very smoothly.
At first, some employees looked at the young director because he was young. Although they said nothing, they could not help but belittle him subconsciously. However, this mentality was soon completely dispelled by reality.
"The trajectory here is wrong. I don't know the trajectory of the mecha, but I should be able to draw the trajectory of the robot, right?" Mu Suxing frowned and said bluntly: "Redraw it. I want to see the finished product before three o'clock this afternoon."
The scolded employee suddenly looked embarrassed and a little surprised. Animation, of course, makes the pictures move. No matter whether it is people or other things, they will show different movement trajectories in different motion states.
Taking a flying bird as an example, if the motion trajectory is not drawn correctly, then in the animation, the movement of the bird in flight will appear weird and uncoordinated. On the contrary, the closer the motion trajectory is to reality, the more refined and smooth the effect of the picture will appear.
He admitted that it was because he looked down on Director Mu and was careless that the mistake occurred. However, to his surprise, Mu Suxing only took a casual glance and immediately saw the error in the trajectory of movement. This could not have been done without solid basic skills and long-term personal accumulation.
Is this guy really that powerful? Or is he really wrong
While he was surprised, Mu Xuxing had already passed him and walked towards the next person.
"The costume style is too tacky. The background setting of the animation is the future interstellar era. The character costume design should be both contemporary and modern. It cannot be completely out of touch with the times, but it cannot sacrifice beauty just to fit the background. This animation is purely commercial. There is no point in focusing too much on historical research. Such a fat and heavy costume design, you can't see the legs or the chest, what are you asking the audience to lick? A mecha?"
The employee in charge of character design was speechless after hearing his straightforward but clear explanation, and could only respond, "Yes, Director, I'll change it right away."
Mu Suxing said "hmm", neither saying whether he was satisfied nor dissatisfied, and walked along the aisle and stopped in front of another desk.
With the examples of the first two people, the employee couldn't help but become a little nervous when it came to the third person.
"The mechanical chains and high-speed gears are beautifully drawn, the bearing sleeves and transmission rods are also designed just right, and the overall mechanical structure is quite accurate, not bad." His eyes fell on a pile of parts drawings on the desk, and Mu Suxing nodded with satisfaction: "What's your name? Have you studied mechanical design before?"
Probably not expecting to be praised, the young man smiled with eyes bent, and said excitedly: "My name is Jian Zhiming. When my company outsourced the mecha animation, I taught myself mechanical design for a period of time in order to do a good job in modeling design. Director, if you have any other requirements, please remember to tell me, and I will make changes until you are satisfied!"
As soon as he said this, Jian Zhiming was stunned.
Wait, this is not going in the right direction! Wasn't he just thinking about showing this overly young director how high the sky is and how deep the earth is, but how come he accidentally danced with joy because of a casual compliment from the other party
Muxuxing didn't notice anything unusual about the employees.
He walked back and forth in the studio. If he didn't know that many employees were still doubting their abilities and were careless and slacking off, which led to their failure to perform at their normal level at work, otherwise, Mu Suxing would have been even more disappointed in the abilities of these employees.
It was for this reason that, seeing someone drawing a mechanical picture so well, Mu Xuxing praised him.
"Good job, keep it up."
Knowing the reasons for the employees' slackness, Mu Suxing naturally would not allow them to continue to be so lax. He intended to give them a warning and simply did nothing else but keep an eye on everyone's work progress - after all, supervising and guiding this series of work was the job of the animation director, and no one else could refuse.
"Xiao Cui, this shot..."
Seeing his director coming to nag him again, Cui Hongyi suddenly felt overwhelmed. As one of the few young people among many employees, Cui Hongyi was naturally arrogant. If Mu Suxing's corrections were unreasonable, Cui Hongyi would not have the patience to listen to him. However, although Mu Suxing was harsh, the problems he pointed out were extremely precise, and the modification plans he proposed were also thought-provoking, leaving Cui Hongyi speechless.
Cui Hongyi took a deep breath, knowing that if he didn't correct his attitude, the other party would not let him go. It was true that he was arrogant, but he was also a believer in the strong. In other words, as long as the professional ability of the person was truly stronger than his, he would definitely be convinced.
"Director, I was wrong, isn't that enough?" After figuring this out, Cui Hongyi had a sad face and didn't care about the strange looks from others. He said shamelessly, "My work attitude was wrong. I will reflect on it. If you have any requirements, please tell me all at once. I will change whatever you say, okay?"
Just don't ask him to revise it eight or ten times because you are not satisfied qaq
No matter how much he loves his work, he will get sick of redoing and revising it over and over again!
It is especially so in this situation where everything Mu Suxing said makes sense, and if he doesn't change, it would be him being unreasonable and having problems with his professional quality.
Mu Suxing raised his eyebrows and looked at him with a smile.
After spending these days together, he finally understood that Cui Hongyi looked honest, but he was actually the most cunning one among them. He also had a casual attitude. Others did not trust Mu Suxing from the bottom of their hearts and thought that they could just be lazy and Mu Suxing could not see it.
Cui Hongyi is different. He looks like he is also being lazy, but he is actually doing his work very carefully - in other words, others are being lazy, but he is acting, pretending to be careless, as if he is doing it effortlessly, and is using this to show off.
Mu Suxing knew his purpose clearly - it was nothing more than to see that the new boss had arrived, and he was trying his best to show himself so that he could be reused in Huaying in the future.
This guy was really cunning. He knew that his thoughts had been seen through by Mu Suxing, so he immediately changed his strategy. His sad face, complaining and submissive words were ostensibly spoken to Mu Suxing, but in fact they were indirectly reminding and warning other employees: Don't be silly, do you really think our new boss is a young man who knows nothing
With Cui Hongyi's "complaint", other employees will correct their attitude and work seriously, even if it is just to make fewer changes. In this way, won't they achieve the purpose of showing off in front of Mu Suxing
Mu Suxing laughed in his heart, but his face was serious: "Okay, let's talk about it today."
He stood beside Cui Hongyi's desk and flipped through the storyboard design for episode 6 that he was in charge of: "Let's take this episode for example. When designing the storyboards, you used about..." He flipped through the storyboard design book and quickly continued: "25% relationship shots, 38% action shots, and 37% rendering shots."
“Let’s talk about relationship shots first. These shots are generally used to explain the time, place, characters, atmosphere, the relationship between the character and the environment, the character’s action process and results, etc. The standard usage rate should be between 5% and 10%. A large number of relationship shots will slow down the visual rhythm, which is obviously inconsistent with the requirements of our animation.”
Cui Hongyi: “… … …”
He looked at the storyboard he designed, and then looked at it again. In just a few seconds, he could easily come up with the types of lenses he used and the occupancy ratios. Mu Xiuxing, who was talking eloquently, was a little stunned for a moment.
Without giving him time to respond, Mu Suxing continued, "Secondly, you used 38% of the action shots. In order to avoid making the animation look like a documentary, I suggest you increase the action shots to around 70%, and try to keep it between 60% and 80%. We are making an animation, not a documentary."
"The last part is the rendering shot. I know you want to adjust the mood through the rendering shot, but I think it's totally unnecessary. It doesn't matter whether the scenery is beautiful or not, or whether the picture is dreamy or not. You have to figure out our market positioning first. If you have time to do this, you might as well think about how to make the female character's long legs look more seductive and sexy. After all, making money is our ultimate goal."
Cui Hongyi: "... Cough, cough, cough." He couldn't help it for a moment and almost choked on his own saliva. After coughing several times, he said with a smile: "Director, what you said is... too straightforward, isn't it?"
"Straightforward?" Mu Suxing raised an eyebrow and said disapprovingly: "I was afraid that I was too subtle and you wouldn't understand."
"Oh, by the way, it's okay to use rendering shots in moderation." Muxuxing thought for a moment, and then added as if remembering something: "Have you read the script? When the hero and heroine are alone, you can add some rendering shots to make the scene more dreamy."
Cui Hongyi understood it in a second, and said confidently: "I am good at this, and I will definitely live up to the director's expectations!
Mu Suxing nodded in satisfaction. He liked this kind of smart people. Having ambition is not a problem. The most frightening thing is having ambition but not knowing one's own ability. This is the most terrible thing.
Soon, in less than three days, under the "torture" of Muxuxing's strength, the entire production team finally calmed down and devoted themselves to the animation production.
Four months later.
In the huge conference room, nearly twenty employees sat neatly on both sides of the long table, looking intently at Mu Xuxing who was sitting in the center, waiting for his notice.
Muxiuxing knew what they were waiting for.
He raised the corner of his mouth and laughed, "Now I announce that the first animation produced by our Huaying Animation, "IS", has been officially completed. I will be responsible for the editing. In addition, except for the mixing and synthesis department, everyone else does not need to come tomorrow. The company will give you three days off."
"Long live!"
"It's finally free! I don't know what the final product will be like, I'm looking forward to it!"
Some people also raised their hands hesitantly: "Director, I heard that our voice actors are Ms. Liu Wan and Ms. Ye Feiyun?"
Mu Suxing glanced down and was not surprised to find Fang Lian was also one of those eagerly waiting. He felt amused but did not intend to keep it a secret. Instead, he simply said, "Yes, it's them."
As the rare goddesses in the dubbing industry who have both good looks and voices, these two female CVs are still very popular in the animation industry. This is also the reason why Mu Suxing gave up on discovering new talents and resolutely chose big-name voice actors.
Because the current animation industry has been in a slump, these voice actors are big names but they don't have bad tempers and they won't look down on lesser-known companies like Huaying Animation. The price offered by Mu Suxing is appropriate and the content of the dubbing does not cross the line, so the process of dubbing for the several male and female gods and goddesses he invited went very smoothly.
"Wow, I'm going to stay then!"
"Director, can we watch the dubbing process?"
When they heard that a goddess CV was coming, the audience immediately became noisy and chattered. Mu Suxing said generously: "Those who want to stay can stay, but there is only one rule. You can watch, but you are not allowed to disturb the voice actors' work, otherwise..." He showed a friendly smile, which made countless people who knew what this smile meant subconsciously shudder.
Two weeks later.
It was still the same conference room where the script meeting was held. The difference was that this time, there was an extra projection screen on the front wall. The first episode of "IS" was playing at the moment. There were only five people left in the conference room: Mu Suxing, Wen Feihang, Fang Lian, Dai Yuyan and Cui Hongyi.
As for why there are only these four people, we can only say that in System 013, so far, these four are the only ones who can truly be considered as members of the Muxuxing production team.
The system's judgment can never be false. Since the system has already approved it, and Mu Suxing also thinks that these four people are the most reliable in his opinion, he simply called all four of them over to discuss the final issue together.
"The production of 'is' has been fully declared completed. Now we only have one last question left," Mu Suxing looked at his companions: "Which video website should we sell this animation to? Buy it out, or profit from it?"
The author has something to say: There is a misunderstanding. Although I think you should not misunderstand it, I still want to clarify it:
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