Until the very end, Mu Suxing did not explicitly express his intention to grant the exclusive broadcasting rights of "My Hero Academia" to Yueqi Video.
Although the two of them cooperated smoothly on "is", it was just smooth sailing. Mu Suxing did not plan to discuss the issue of broadcast authorization too early. He was an animation director, but also a businessman. If other websites offered a better price, Mu Suxing had no reason to push it away.
Of course, when the conditions given by several websites are the same, Mu Suxing doesn't mind giving priority to Yueqi Video. After all, in the field of animation, Yueqi Video's traffic has always been among the best.
"Minister, what did Director Mu say?"
As soon as Xiao Zhengwen hung up the phone, the team member on the side couldn't wait to ask.
In recent times, Yueqi Video has not been very successful in purchasing animation broadcasting rights. If it were not for the "is" that saved face for Yueqi Video at the beginning of the year, it can be said that Yueqi Video has been completely defeated by Yunsu Video throughout the year.
Especially in the procurement of animation broadcasting rights, Yunsu Video often snatched away the deal. The deal that was originally being negotiated well became a waste of effort because of Yunsu Video's intervention, and the other party got a bargain for nothing.
Because of this, their purchasing department received a lot of criticism.
Even Xiao Zhengwen himself was not in a clear situation at the moment - if his superiors were not still remembering the brilliant results brought about by his advocacy of purchasing "IS", he would probably have reached the end of his career as the purchasing director.
This is also the reason why Xiao Zhengwen is in a hurry to find Muxuxing.
"He didn't agree," Xiao Zhengwen said. He was not surprised to see his team member's face suddenly become a little depressed. "But he didn't refuse either."
"Is there any difference?" The team members were a little puzzled. In the past, they had taken the initiative to talk to the animation companies, but sometimes, even if they were one step ahead of Yunsu, as long as the contract was not signed, Yunsu could always find a way to use a series of methods to make the animation companies change their minds and sign the contract with their video website instead.
This is the case for all the companies that we verbally agreed to in the past. Could a small company like Huaying, which has only made one animation so far, be an exception
"Of course there is a difference," Xiao Zhengwen laughed. "Although Director Mu didn't agree to my proposal directly, I can see that he still prefers Yueqi. As long as we offer the same or better conditions as Yunsu, Director Mu will have no reason to reject us."
As for the animation produced by Huaying, no matter how much it costs, it is worth it.
Xiao Zhengwen did not say this out loud. Although many people said that the success of "IS" was just a temporary luck for Huaying Animation, and maybe the next animation would be a failure, but psychologically, Xiao Zhengwen had already made up his mind to cling to Huaying Animation.
He always trusted his instincts.
…
Xiao Zhengwen’s call was just a small episode.
While Mu Xingxue was running around to recruit talents, Mu Suxing stayed in his office, continuing to write his animation scripts wholeheartedly. However, after Fang Lian heard about this, he would come to his office every now and then. At first, Mu Suxing thought he was just concerned about the progress of the script, until -
"Has the production team of "IS" finished the work?" It would be fine if it was just one or two days, but Fang Lian came here for several days in a row, and he didn't pay attention to the progress of the animation script of "My Hero Academia". Mu Suxing was a little confused.
"No."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"Hasn't the new project started yet?" Fang Lian has always been thick-skinned. When Mu Suxing asked him this, he didn't try to hide his intentions. "I just want to know, besides Yueqi Video, no other website has called you to discuss licensing fees."
Mu Xuxing was at a loss whether to laugh or cry after hearing this.
"Although I also hope to see this scene, it's a pity," Mu Suxing shrugged, "So far, the only person who has called me to discuss the licensing of new animation broadcasts is my old acquaintance Yueqi Video."
Fang Lian frowned: "Even other small companies don't have it?"
Mu Suxing knew at a glance that the other party was thinking wrongly.
"You don't really think that Huaying Animation can gain a firm foothold in the industry with just one movie, 'IS'?" Mu Suxing was helpless and amused. "It is undeniable that the performance of 'IS' is indeed brilliant, but from the perspective of other video websites and animation companies, our success is largely due to luck."
"To put it bluntly, no matter how successful "IS" is, that is a thing of the past. The industry's recognition of "IS" does not mean that they recognize Huaying," Mu Suxing shook his head. "If we want them to recognize Huaying, we have to make at least three animations of average quality."
This time Fang Lian understood: "You mean, even if we already have a hit like "IS", the industry still won't be optimistic about "My Hero Academia"."
"That's what I mean."
"So that's how it is," Fang Lian seemed a little disappointed. "I thought that with 'is' as a prelude, we should be able to cause a fight among the responsible persons like 'The Little Prince' did this time."
What he said was exactly what happened after they finished working on "The Little Prince", which caused several responsible persons to scramble for it.
Originally, this matter was just an internal matter of the subway manager. It was only after "The Little Prince" became a hit that it was told as a funny story, causing "The Little Prince", which had been seeing a gradual stabilization in click growth, to surge in popularity again.
But the two are obviously different.
During the period of The Little Prince, the seven directors wanted to get The Little Prince after they watched the short animation and confirmed its quality. Now, My Hero Academia has only just started writing the script, and if they did not have absolute trust in the animation company, no director of the website would have the idea of getting the broadcasting authorization in advance.
The reason is simple - even the most famous animation companies will face the risk of losing money on a certain animation work. It is undoubtedly a very risky behavior to finalize the broadcast authorization before the first few episodes of the animation are suitable for trial screening. Not to mention that Muxuxing has not even finished writing the text script at the moment.
To achieve what Fang Lian said is much more difficult than simply achieving the goal of "becoming an animation company recognized by the industry."
Mu Xiuxing thought so, but he had no intention of attacking the other party, or maybe he also had similar ambitions in his heart.
"That day will come," he said.
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Two weeks later, the personnel required by Muxiuxing were in their positions.
Speaking of this, we have to sigh at Mu Xingxue's efficiency. Mu Suxing originally thought that if the other party could complete 80% or 90% of the requirements he put forward within the limited time, it would be quite good. After all, as the country began to crack down on piracy, talents in animation have become popular. Whether it is recruiting or poaching, it is no longer as simple as it was before.
However, even in such a difficult situation, Mu Xingxue found four animation screenwriters, nine original painters, six animators, and three background artists for him from somewhere.
The most important thing is that the people Mu Xingxue found were not half-baked people, but veterans with solid professional skills.
This is undoubtedly what Muxuxing needs most at the current stage.
With the discussion and research on market tastes with the other four screenwriters, Mu Suxing quickly finalized the text script of "My Hero Academia". The work on characters, props, backgrounds, color styles, etc. was naturally handed over to others, and Mu Suxing made the final review and decision.
The dubbing director is a senior employee of Huaying Animation, who was a veteran from the Rose Animation era.
Muxuxing breathed a sigh of relief.
With such a complete production team to help him, he was finally able to free himself from other distractions and concentrate on drawing the storyboards for the animation.
I have to say that judging from the similar hot-blooded comics that Makusukoshi is currently reading, the storyboards of "My Hero Academia" are still quite different from Masashi Kishimoto's "Naruto" and Eiichiro Oda's "One Piece". The original author Kohei Horikoshi is good at creating the atmosphere, but is relatively average in drawing storyboards.
As a result, he inevitably has to pay more attention to things when drawing the storyboards.
"Don't draw the character's expression so restrained. Try to make it more exaggerated." Mu Xuxing said as he picked up a pen and drew an unhappy black face on another blank piece of paper. The face looked so exaggerated that the employees were almost scared.
He drew the dark expression of Bakugo Katsuki, the famous character with a bad temper in "My Hero Academia".
"Doesn't this look a bit too fierce?" the employee couldn't help but say something.
Generally speaking, genres such as comics and animations do use exaggerated techniques when expressing the emotions of characters, but the one drawn by Muxuxing at this moment seems a bit too exaggerated.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take another look at the face on the drawing paper. It must be said that this expression immediately made the character of Bakugo Katsuki look more like a brutal villain...
He grumbled in his heart, but Muxuxing insisted: "No, just follow this standard."
In the acgn subculture, the facial distortion of characters in certain situations is called "face art". In Mu Suxing's opinion, this exaggerated expression is actually very suitable for "My Hero Academia", and the face art itself is also part of what makes the audience laugh.
The employee wanted to say something, but at this moment a clear voice was heard from outside the door not far away.
"Director Mu," the person who came in at this moment was Mu Suxing's personal assistant Du Yutang, who was still holding a notebook in his hand. He stopped in front of Mu Suxing, opened the notebook in his hand, and said crisply:
"Director Dai asked me to ask you if you can ask the two editors from the production team to help with the final editing."
There was nothing wrong with this - Mu Xuxing had always edited the animations himself, so it wouldn't have any impact if he lent it to Dai Yuyan.
"Okay, ask her to come over later and pick two to go."
"Mr. Mu asked me to tell you about the director exchange meeting at 3 pm tomorrow..."
Mu Xuxing thought without hesitation and said, "I don't have much time recently, so let's postpone it." Mu Xuxing didn't plan to go anywhere until the animation on hand was completed.
"Also, according to the official blog's survey statistics, nearly 40% of fans expressed the hope that you could participate in the dubbing work of My Hero Academia. The dubbing director agreed, and I would like to ask your opinion."
Muxuxing thought about it.
The dubbing card he obtained last time was valid for a year, and it might as well be used now since it was just sitting there anyway. According to the nature of the system, this kind of skill that had nothing to do with animation production would be given out as generously as possible, so it might as well be used directly.
"Forget about the main characters," Mu Suxing thought for a moment and said, "Just ask the dubbing director to give me a few nameless cannon fodder villains or passers-by."
"Okay." Du Yutang nodded: "If you don't have any other instructions, I'll go back and tell the dubbing director now?"
Muxuxing nodded casually.
With all the voice actors confirmed, the official Weibo account also quickly posted the relevant information on Weibo:
Huaying Animation v: This time, the CV of "My Hero Academia" is revealed! I wonder if there are any idols among them? The new animation is expected to be released in June. A small-scale preview will be held in Xingning City at the end of May. 20 fans will be randomly selected to receive the preview invitation. Follow the official Weibo, forward this Weibo, and tag five friends to participate in this lucky draw~
There are two attached pictures, one is the large poster of "My Hero Academia" and the other is the animation dubbing list.
"Ahhh so excited! I've been waiting for almost three months and finally a new anime is coming out! So happy!"
"Looking at the name of the anime, it should be a hot-blooded anime, right? Great, I can finally escape from all the harem anime! Ever since the popularity of "IS", almost half of the anime every month in the past six months have been harem anime. I'm almost physically disgusted by them."
"The front row is reserved for my goddess Liu Wan!"
"Since you all want goddesses, then I'll take care of the male gods! Take my teacher Le Feng away secretly~"
"I didn't pay attention when I watched it for the first time, but I watched it again and now I can confirm it. So Xingxing will also be involved in the dubbing of this animation, right? I'm suddenly excited!"
"Oh my god, I noticed it too! I don't know if he was the main character, a supporting role or just a passerby... I still remember Xing Xing's amazing voice acting in "The Little Prince". Can I tell you?"
“+1 to the above, you are not the only one. I want to say that as a fan of Xingxing since the days of The Little Prince, I really can’t bear the pain… After almost a year, Xingxing finally started dubbing again. I am so moved that I cry!”
"Bai Ye is you, Ah Xun, the sun shines on the snow, Mianmian thinks about the distant road, you are addicted to collecting commissions and can't extricate yourself. Although according to the iron rule that good things will never happen to me, I probably won't get a chance to win this time, but you still have to dream, what if? I'll draw! Qiuqiu, please let me go to the preview, I want to see it!"
While Huaying Animation was gradually unveiling the mystery of "My Hero Academia", another anime forum that was established less than a year ago also became more lively.
The name of the forum is Wall of Masterpieces, which sounds reminiscent of "IS". In fact, this anime forum was indeed created because of "IS", but there is a fundamental difference between the two. "IS" is an animation, and Wall of Masterpieces forum is a forum for countless comic fans who are interested in animation sales, and it is used to discuss the sales of various animations.
It may sound strange, but it is true - for them, the process of self-analysis based on various factors, making sales forecasts, and finally comparing them with actual sales is a pleasure in itself.
Topic: Huaying's new work is coming out, doesn't anyone want to discuss sales
Content: As the title says, it is the animation company that produced "Wall of Masterpieces" after all. It is unlikely that they will disappear from the forum so soon, right
1F: This is normal, after all, Huaying’s only representative work so far is “is”.
Second floor: The person above said that Huaying has only made "is", so where do you put "The Little Prince"
Floor 3: "The Little Prince" is just a short animation after all, so this skip cannot be counted as a prediction condition.
Floor 4: I wonder if there will be another hegemonic phenomenon like “is”.
Floor 5: I don't think it's likely. Currently, the hot-blooded comics on Blue Star all follow the same routines. Unless Huaying can come up with new ideas, this time it will definitely be a disaster. However, this possibility is obviously very small. Hot-blooded comics are much more difficult to make than harem comics.
6th floor: Back to the topic, to be honest, I have a good impression of this company. After all, the only company that can do such a good job in BD that I don't feel greasy about is Huaying. Let me first say that the number of online subscriptions for "My Hero Academia" should be at least 200,000, right? I won't say much about BD, for fear that the production team will be embarrassed.
7th floor: Two hundred thousand? Isn't this number a bit high? I remember that the most popular manga recently had less than 150,000 online subscriptions. Two hundred thousand is a bit high.
8th floor: Think about "is", don't you think Huaying is the kind of company that can create miracles? I am still quite optimistic about "My Hero Academia", looking forward to it.
9th Floor: From the current perspective, the production team and voice actors are all good, and Huaying is not short of money, which eliminates the possibility of cutting corners. As long as the plot is good, I think there should be no problem in making over 100,000.
10th floor: By the way, I remember that the final online subscription of "IS" was more than 350,000 people? How come 200,000 is so inflated
11th floor: This has to be compared with similar works, and it is already amazing to produce a monster like "IS". I'm not saying, not to mention surpassing "IS", if the animation of Huaying can achieve similar results as "IS", Huaying can probably completely get rid of the label of "small workshop". It seems that Huaying is still a small workshop in the public's impression.
…
Bi Wenbin felt that today was probably the luckiest day in his history as an African.
Just today, just ten minutes ago, as the official Huaying Weibo announced the prize draw, he, who had always been able to perfectly avoid the draw, actually became one of the 20 lucky winners for the first time in history!
The most important thing is that the reward given by the official Weibo of Huaying is an invitation to the preview of "My Hero Academia". At the preview, he will not only be able to see all the production staff and dubbing staff of this animation, but also be able to see the first two episodes of the animation before countless netizens!
Thinking of this, even though there is still a week before the preview, Bi Wenbin is already anxiously looking forward to the arrival of next week.
A week later, the preview.
When He Xuan came in from outside the venue with her camera, the preview seats were already full of people.
While the staff was leading her to an empty seat, she glanced calmly at the hall below.
It has to be said that Huaying Animation has made quite a big splash this time, and it's clear that they are very confident in their work - otherwise they wouldn't have invited so many professional comic critics, animation directors, and journalists and editors-in-chief of related magazines to attend the preview.
Less than three minutes after He Xuan sat down in her seat, the preview officially began.
The first person to walk onto the stage was the voice actor Liu Wan, who was responsible for acting as a temporary host. As one of the rare voice actors with both beauty and voice, Liu Wan's popularity is unquestionable. As soon as she stood in the center of the stage, there was spontaneous applause from the audience.
He Xuan subconsciously looked away, trying to find someone in the hall, but failed.
This made her feel a little regretful.
Ever since she interviewed Dai Yuyan, who is now an employee of Huaying Animation, during her last trip to Xingning University of Arts a year ago, He Xuan has always wanted to try to interview Mu Suxing himself. Unfortunately, the director seems to be a otaku at heart, and rarely goes out except for work.
By the time she found the opportunity, the popularity of "IS" had already passed, and it was obviously meaningless for her to interview Mu Suxing at this time.
She was thinking wildly in her mind. At the same time, Liu Wan on the stage also showed a bright smile: "Okay, without further ado, let's go straight to the part that everyone is most looking forward to: the preview of "My Hero Academia" officially begins!"
Following her order, the screen went dark. When the theme song of "My Hero Academia" sounded, the black screen immediately lit up.
One hour is neither long nor short, but it is enough for everyone present to watch the first two episodes of the animation.
Bi Wenbin looked straight ahead.
The colorful screen had completely dimmed as the ending song ended, but Bi Wenbin felt a little unsatisfied. He subconsciously wanted to take out his mobile phone to share his thoughts with his friends. When his finger touched the screen, he remembered that he was watching a preview - and if others wanted to see one or two episodes, they would have to wait until at least the next week.
This instantly made him feel more satisfied.
But the surprises don’t end there.
After all the production staff and voice actors came on stage to express their gratitude and give speeches, the staff on the side began to distribute small gifts to the fans present. Inside were none other than the peripheral gift packs of "My Hero Academia"!
Bi Wenbin suddenly became a little restless.
He felt that his mind was completely filled with the desire to show off. So without thinking, he took a photo of the small gift in his hand and posted it directly to the Wall of Masterpieces anime forum.
Topic: The new anime of Huaying is so good! I am so excited!
Content: As the title says, the OP was extremely lucky to win an invitation when the official blog held a prize draw a week ago, and became one of the 20 fans attending the preview. Now I have just come back from watching the preview, and I have only one thought in my mind - if this animation doesn’t become popular, I will eat shit live on air!
Two hundred thousand is nothing! I bet this animation has at least two hundred thousand online subscribers!
Finally, I’d like to show you the table setting that Huaying gave me on the spot. There are both “IS” and “My Hero Academia”. It’s so cool. I feel like I have reached the peak of my life.
First floor: You tell me how much money Huaying gave you, and I will give you double it.
Second floor: Is this true? Could the poster be a cyber army hired by Huaying
Floor 3: I feel that the original poster is exaggerating a bit. Even if "My Hero Academia" is well made, being well made and being a big hit are two completely different things, not to mention an all-round hit like "IS".
4th floor: I'm short of money recently, can you recommend your job to me? 0.5 credit points per piece, absolutely dedicated, buy ten get one free~
…
Bi Wenbin climbed down from the first floor, getting angrier and angrier the more he looked. He believed that everything he said was true, but these people simply didn't believe him. He saw the comments going astray to the point of "how much money did Huaying spend on hiring internet trolls". At this time, the bigwigs in the industry who were invited by Huaying to watch the preview also expressed their opinions on Weibo.
A well-known comic critic in the industry wrote on Weibo:
“This is a very outstanding animation work. I have a feeling that this animation will become the second hit of Huaying Animation after “IS”.”
Not only him, many directors and comic critics who were invited by Huaying to watch the preview that day also stood up and expressed their support for Huaying.
Seeing such a large group of people recommending it, even the audience who were originally not interested in it and regarded Bi Wenbin as a scammer were stunned for a moment.
Then, I began to feel itchy.
Could it be that this "My Hero Academia" is really that good
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