Mu Xuxing's heart moved slightly.
Yes, how could he forget this.
Since the animation culture in different planes has developed to different degrees, it is only natural that there are differences in the development of animation production technology. The problem of high animation production costs that has plagued Blue Star may be solved in other planes.
only…
He looked at the three copyright sections of comics, novels, and games in the system mall, and had a vague answer in his mind, but he still asked casually: "Why don't I see the section related to animation technology?"
013: The host has insufficient achievement points and cannot open the technology section.
Obviously, what the system meant was that his current achievement points were not enough to unlock the animation technology section, not that there were none. In other words, there were technical means in other dimensions to effectively reduce the cost of animation production.
Thinking of this, Mu Xuxing also breathed a sigh of relief.
If you are poor, you should take care of yourself and help the world.
In the previous life, Muxuxing could only help them with investment, but this was only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. If the problem of high animation production costs could be effectively solved, it would be a qualitative leap for the development of the entire animation industry!
Thinking of this, Muxuxing calmed down instead.
There is no point in thinking too much now. Since it is a problem of achievement points, the most urgent task is to accumulate more achievement points and strive to open the technical section as soon as possible.
"013, please help me settle the revenue of "is"."
The cultural propaganda effect of the "is" plane is being calculated...
Ding, "is" settlement is completed, the animation viewing rate is 5.1%, the praise rate is 60.1%, 3000 achievement points are rewarded, and one skill point can be allocated. The host's ability table is as follows.
Name: Muxuxing
Age: 20
Reputation: 5000 (somewhat famous)
Original painting skills: Level 5
Knowledge reserve: Level 5
Audiovisual Aesthetics: Level 6
Animation Rendering: Level 5
Design Thinking: Level 5
Creation speed: Level 6
Shot rhythm: Level 6
Narrative Writing: Level 5
Achievement Points: 8600
Compared with "The Little Prince", the praise rate of "is" is obviously much lower, but this is not surprising. Considering the subject matter and type of "is", it is unlikely to achieve a high praise rate.
As usual, this time Mu Xiuxing also chose to add skill points to the skill of creation speed.
After adding skill points, Muxuxing opened the system mall again, intending to see which comics and novels copyrights he could afford. 013's voice sounded again -
Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the main mission.
Main task: An excellent production team is the basis for creating excellent animations. Please form an animation production team that meets the system requirements within one year.
Task progress: Completed.
Mission reward: one draw from the card pool ten times in a row, 1,000 achievement points.
Mu Suxing looked again and found that the achievement points column on his profile had now changed to 9,600 points.
Actually, he took on this main task not long after he met the system. However, because he had not met the conditions for the system's judgment, more than half a year had passed and the main task had not been completed. Now it seems that the job fair not long ago must have played a role.
Thinking of this, Mu Suxing opened the card pool page in the system mall and his eyes fell on the ten-draw option that had lit up at this moment.
He looked at the glittering card pool page on the system interface, and decided to be superstitious for once—he stood up and washed his hands before clicking the button for ten consecutive draws.
As colorful lights flashed by, ten cards were neatly arranged in front of him.
The first thing Mu Xiuxing noticed was the color of the cards: two purple cards, eight white cards, and no gold cards.
This discovery disappointed Muxuxing for a moment, but he soon recovered. It was obvious that this card drawing system could not produce gold cards every time. It was not bad to have two SR purple cards like this.
He opened the cards one by one -
SR All-round Dubbing Skill Card [Trial Version]
Enable the host to instantly master top-level all-round CV dubbing skills.
Limited time: one year.
It looks like an advanced version of the dubbing card from last time? Muxuxing's eyes stayed on this familiar card for a second, and then he quickly looked away and looked at another SR card.
SR Conan's Watch [Trial Version]
Item description: This watch was made by Dr. Agasa specifically for Conan. It has two functions: a flashlight and anesthesia.
(You think I'm a watch? Actually I'm an anesthetized Mu Cang~—Animation Master Development System)
Limited number of uses: once.
Muxiuxing: "..."
Muxuxing's mood was a bit complicated.
To be honest, as an animation producer, what is the use of such a weird watch? Even if it is a cosplay, he doesn't need such high-end props, okay
Not to mention, it can only be used once.
It’s not as useful as the flashlight I bought outside for a dozen credit points!
With a slightly depressed mood, Muxuxing continued to look at the remaining eight R-cards, which were:
R-Inspiration Potion x4
Lacking inspiration? Try this, maybe it will help you meet your muse.
Valid time: 30 minutes.
R-Energy Potion x4
Take this potion and it will give you a hundred times more energy.
Valid time: one hour.
Although the quality is low and the duration is short, overall, its practicality should be good
It just so happened that he was planning to take advantage of the gap in time to further his studies. Perhaps these two potions could help him gain unexpected benefits.
…
A week later.
"What about the character designs? Should we continue using the ones from the first season?"
"Director Dai, the voice actress Miss Liu Wan doesn't have any schedule recently. Will her dubbing be postponed?"
"The storyboards for the first three episodes are ready. I've sent them to your email, Xiao Dai."
On the third floor of the Huaying Animation office building, in the studio of the second season production team of "IS", a barrage of questions came from all directions to all decision makers. Dai Yuyan took a deep breath, quickly calmed down, and responded one by one in an orderly manner:
"The character designs should generally remain the same as in the first season. Let Xiao Zhang design a few more sets of clothes for the heroines. They should be of different styles and should match the characteristics of the countries in which they appear in the animation as much as possible."
"Liu Wan's dubbing will be postponed. Let's dub the other characters first."
"Well, I saw it. No problem. I'll leave the first three episodes to you."
…
Gao Yuan stood alone in a corner of the hall, observing the grand occasion inside with a little nervousness and anticipation.
After listening to Mu Suxing's so-called "roundabout way to save the country" advice, he has now officially become a member of Huaying Animation - the difference is that he serves as an investment project manager, a position he is familiar with, and he still has a long way to go before joining the animation production team and fulfilling his childhood dream of animation.
Now, all he can do is to observe and learn some knowledge and skills related to animation production on site without affecting the work of the production team.
Dai Yuyan's instructions were clear and powerful, and it was obvious that after the initial confusion, the new director quickly got into the state, and her words and actions became more confident and calm. Seeing Gao Yuan's longing look, she even had the leisure to smile at him: "How do you feel?"
As she spoke, she lowered her head again and quickly scanned the storyboards submitted by other employees.
When Mu Suxing said that he would hand over the second season of "IS" to Dai Yuyan, he really gave her full power. From the writing of the specific plan to the series of personnel selection after public approval at the company meeting, all were independently handled by Dai Yuyan. During this period, Mu Suxing not only did not ask about it, he did not even have the intention of coming down to inspect.
Because of this, this time, they no longer had the storyboard script drawn by Mu Xiuxing himself. All the preparations for the second season of "IS" were left to the company's internal employees to complete.
"It feels great!" Gao Yuan tried hard to suppress the excitement in his heart so as not to look like a rookie who had just arrived at the workplace - after all, before coming to Huaying Animation, he was a senior executive of a well-known company.
He opened his mouth, only to find that he was so excited that he couldn't express it in words.
When the scene that he had imagined countless times as a teenager becomes a fact that is now right before his eyes and is very likely to come true, the pleasure and satisfaction he feels is far beyond the numbness he felt during his previous daily work. Even if he is just watching it now, Gao Yuan feels infinitely satisfied.
Dai Yuyan paused for a moment and looked at Gao Yuan in surprise. Seeing that he still looked as if he was in a dream, she smiled knowingly and said, "What I mean is, are there any areas that you are interested in? You can ask me when I'm free."
She paused here, and seeing Gao Yuan blinking his eyes, as if he couldn't believe it, she had no choice but to remind him helplessly: "Isn't this the reason you joined our Huaying? The boss told me about this and asked me to remind you when I have time-"
She brought up the recruitment that day again, and Gao Yuan finally reacted and waved his hand quickly: "No, this is too much trouble for you, your work is more important."
It is undeniable that at the beginning, he chose to join Huaying Animation for this purpose.
But after working for these days and even observing the internal affairs of Huaying Animation, Gao Yuan's ideas have changed to a certain extent.
He still likes animation, and still wants to use his spare time to pursue his youthful dreams, but this purpose is no longer the only reason why he chose Huaying. In other words, even if Mu Suxing withdraws this condition, Gao Yuan will still choose Huaying.
It’s not just because Huaying is an animation company, but also because of the strength and potential that Huaying itself possesses.
In order to avoid Dai Yuyan's misunderstanding, Gao Yuan continued before she could speak: "I'm not being polite..." He looked at the bustling scene in the hall and couldn't help but smile. Then he said sincerely: "For me, being able to stand here and watch you work is enough. As for the rest, let's talk about it after you finish the work at hand."
It doesn't seem like he's being polite.
Dai Yuyan was a little surprised, but she didn't say anything. The girl tucked her hair behind her ears and nodded briefly: "Okay."
She turned around and was about to leave. Gao Yuan thought about it, but couldn't help asking, "Um... I want to ask, does the boss have any other animation projects?" Except for meeting Mu Suxing himself at the job fair that day, Gao Yuan basically hadn't seen Mu Suxing again in the week since he started working.
Dai Yuyan looked back at him, and Gao Yuan explained, "I see you've been working for almost a week, and I've been here for a week, but the boss doesn't seem to have shown up... Is he busy with another project for the company?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the girl opposite him paused slightly, revealing a subtle expression on her face, which disappeared in an instant. Dai Yuyan coughed lightly and said nonchalantly, "The company's new animation project has not been confirmed yet, but our boss is very busy every day, so it's normal that you can't see him. Just wait until the new animation project is confirmed."
After saying this, Dai Yuyan hurried away - it seemed that she was busy continuing her directing work for the second season of "IS". Only she herself knew that she was actually fleeing at this moment.
after all…
As a half-informed person, it was really difficult for her to tell the newcomer who was full of hope and longing for the company that the "genius animation director" who was "wise and brave" and "far-sighted" in her eyes was now happily working in her own office on the fifth floor, acting as... 咸鱼_(:3j∠)_
"How can this be called salted fish?" In the CEO's office on the fifth floor, drinking freshly brewed tea and slowly enjoying the new animation playing on his laptop, Mu Suxing righteously refuted the doubts from his friend: "For any animation director, it is very necessary to regularly watch the excellent works of other directors to improve their own directing ability."
Wen Feihang looked disdainful and said, "Is this the reason why you have been coming to the company at 8 o'clock in the morning to watch anime until the end of the day?"
Fang Lian and he shared the same hatred: "That's right, that's right, we are all busy as hell, and you are here watching anime? Do you want us to bring you some potato chips and Fatty's happy water? It would be so boring to watch anime without some snacks."
"How can studying be called a joke?" Mu Suxing pretended not to understand the sarcasm in Fang Lian's words: "Forget about the junk snacks, Brother Sheng won't let me eat them. If you have time, just bring me some Chunfeng Shili tea."
Wen Feihang & Fang Lian came up to urge the work and was shown off invisibly: "???"
"Be careful with your words, classmate Mu Xiaoxing," Wen Feihang knocked on the desk, "There are two single guys standing in front of you, can't you pay a little attention to the impact?"
"That's right," Fang Lian added, "Don't change the subject. We are discussing your recent laziness—"
Obviously, the two people who were dragged by Dai Yuyan to the "is" production team next door to work as coolies were extremely dissatisfied with Mu Xuxing's lazy state in the past week. They seemed to be determined not to stop until they pulled Mu Xuxing up from his comfortable sofa chair to work.
Seeing that the two were unyielding, Mu Suxing had no choice but to use his trump card: "Have you forgotten that I am the boss of Huaying?"
Wen Feihang & Fang Lian: “…” Damn, how could I have forgotten about this!
The two were speechless and found it difficult to refute for a while. Mu Suxing waved his hand and said, "Okay, you two workers, get back to work quickly. If you keep slacking off, I will deduct your salary!" He has the demeanor of an evil capitalist!
The poor exploited thing had no choice but to leave in shame.
Because the animation you chose is too weird, 013 said, looking at the laptop in front of Muxuxing, on which was playing an animation that was rated by "Animation Weekly" as "is a poor imitation" and is recognized by the industry as a bad copycat in recent years: If you play this kind of animation, who will believe that you are doing it for learning
Mu Suxing was slightly stunned, and then he realized that he seemed to have clicked the wrong animation, and quickly changed the animation that was playing to "Blood Rose": "... I guess I accidentally clicked the wrong one."
Now that's good, 013 said: Now I guess half of the company knows that while they are busy all day, their boss is happily enjoying the air-conditioning, drinking tea and watching anime in the office upstairs.
Muxuxing was suspicious: "Why do I feel like you are gloating over other people's misfortunes?"
013 Denial: No, you heard it wrong.
Mu Xuxing raised his eyebrows, but didn't really care about it.
He told others that he was in seclusion for training, and in fact he was not perfunctory. He was indeed studying, but what he was studying was neither the harem anime he accidentally clicked on, nor the "Blood Rose" that he was using as a cover-up, but "Phoenix Bird", the original manga by Osamu Tezuka.
This unfinished work by Osamu Tezuka, the recognized god of comics in another dimension, is so magnificent in its ideas and profound in its philosophy that it is breathtaking and can be regarded as an insurmountable peak in the history of Japanese anime.
He had been concentrating on the system reading interface these days and inevitably was a little absent-minded about other things, so he didn't even realize that he had clicked the wrong animation to cover it up.
Although it is a long comic, "Fire Bird" is actually not particularly long. What affects Mu Xiuxing's reading speed is the depth of the work itself and the exquisite story structure of the comic. Occasionally, he will even stop and study the comic storyboard of a certain page for a while.
I have to say that as a comic author from another dimension, he is indeed worthy of the title of "God of Comics". Whether it is the painting skills, storyboards, narrative, or the depth and breadth involved in the comics, they are all shocking.
Considering that some of this manga master's works were serialized decades ago before computers were used for drawing, it is amazing that he was able to draw hand-drawn serialized comics like high-definition photos...
Mu Suxing sighed: "It's probably not an exaggeration to say that this artist is better than most cartoonists."
He sighed casually, and soon put his energy back into the comic in front of him, studying it attentively. Except for ordering takeout and having lunch, he spent the rest of his time on "Fire Bird".
What pulled him out of the comic book world again was the sudden prompt sound from 013.
Ding, the host has mastered some skills of "Fire Bird" and the screenwriter's narrative has automatically risen to level 6.
Um
The screenwriter's narrative has been upgraded
Mu Xuxing opened his personal table with some surprise. Sure enough, this skill that he had never improved had now been upgraded to level 6.
"Can reading excellent works also improve skill points?"
013: Reading excellent works may not necessarily improve skill points. Only when the host has gained some insights in the process of studying excellent comics or animation works can the skill points be improved. In this process, the system plays an auxiliary role. Whether the skill points can be improved depends on the host's own comprehension ability and degree of effort. The higher the level, the more difficult it will be to improve.
If the host simply takes out a comic book and reads it, he will not be able to gain skill points from it.
It is not the kind of doting system that can easily get extra points as long as the host reads for three hours╭(╯^╰)╮
Frankly speaking, the reason why Mu Xuxing was able to get this skill point was, firstly, because his own skill level in screenwriting and narrative was relatively low, and the requirement to upgrade from level 5 to level 6 would be relatively lower; secondly, it was the result of Mu Xuxing's one-week study of "Fire Bird" and his long-term reading and research of high-quality comics in the system mall over the past year.
If you want to improve your skill points in this way in the future, you will need to spend more time on research and practice on your own. It is not something that can be done in a day or two, or even a month or two.
Muxuxing understood it.
He was not disappointed with this result - after all, he had seen through 013's true colors long ago: for cards not related to animation production, 013 gave them out as if they were free, but for cards related to animation production, 013 was extremely stingy and would not easily give him extra points.
It is detected that the host's "Screenwriting Narrative" skill has reached the standard, and the new section "Script Analysis Room" can be opened. Does the host want to consume 8,000 achievement points to open the new function
"Script Analysis Room?" Mu Suxing asked curiously, "What is this?"
The system will evaluate the plot, structure, content, market and other aspects of the animation script written by the host, and give certain modification suggestions. After the host independently completes the original animation script, he can use the script analysis room to get market feedback in advance. According to the system calculation, the accuracy of the script analysis room is 90%.
Mu Xuxing's eyes lit up.
Compared to the system mall that directly provides adaptation resources, this new function is obviously implemented to cultivate the original script writing ability of animation directors.
Simply put, for Muxuxing's original animation scripts, the Script Analysis Room will give an evaluation from two aspects: depth and market. Whether the animation can get good reviews and what the praise rate should be, or whether the animation is a hit, and if so, what specific subscription or box office figures can be achieved, and give prediction results and modification suggestions one by one.
As long as Mu Xiuxing wanted, he could even keep revising it until the subscription or box office numbers given by the Script Analysis Room reached a number that satisfied him.
The only thing that makes Muxuxing depressed is...
“Isn’t it too much achievement points required for this new feature?”
The author has something to say: Six thousand is still too short??? I suspect you guys have been spoiled by me, and I have evidence :)
The next animation is not original
Of course, it’s not Tezuka’s Firebird. You can guess again 2333