Mu Suxing had just come out of Xingning Theater when he received a call from Mu Xingxue.
He has recently been thinking about his next animated short film project.
"Cardcaptor Sakura" has a total of 70 episodes, and it will take a little more than two months to broadcast them all. In addition, there is time for the market to digest magical girl-themed animations. There will inevitably be a window period before Huaying officially starts producing "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".
Muxuxing originally planned to take advantage of this window period to consider producing other short animations, but Mu Xingxue's suggestion changed his mind.
"A collection of animated shorts?"
"That's right," Mu Xingxue said, "The company's official blog has recently received a lot of private messages from fans, all of whom said they want a BD or DVD version of your personal animated short film collection. Since fans have this demand, I wonder if we can just put the "Little Prince" series and your award-winning "The Gift of the Magi" together and make a collection for sale. What do you think?"
"I don't have any problem, but isn't it too little to have only "The Little Prince" and "The Gift of the Magi"?" Mu Xiuxing pondered. He thought about his recent time and plans and asked, "How about I make another animated short?"
Mu Xingxue asked: "From your tone, don't tell me you already have an idea, right?"
Muxiuxing: "You can say that."
For him, there is not much difference between commercial animation and artistic animation. He enjoys the process of transforming his favorite stories into vivid pictures, and also enjoys the process of making independent animations, instilling his pure thoughts and feelings into them. Neither is more noble than the other, they are just a kind of hobby.
As for the next animated short film...
It just so happened that he had opened the "Script Analysis Room" section of the system for some time, so he took this opportunity to try to independently produce an original animated short film and see what his current abilities in all aspects were.
The two briefly exchanged information about the company's recent developments, and soon Mu Xingxue turned the topic to "Cardcaptor Sakura" which premiered yesterday.
"Several animation TV stations are interested in buying out the licensing fees for Magic Card. In addition, the people in charge of Yunsu Video and Yueqi Video are also asking for the online broadcasting rights. What do you think about this?"
"Just push them all away."
Mu Xingxue didn't react for a moment: "Ah?"
"Just tell them that we won't consider selling other broadcasting licenses until the first round of Cardcaptor Sakura is over." Mu Suxing said bluntly.
The ratings ranked first among all animations of the same period. Is this a good result
For a pure children's animation, this result may be enough, but "Cardcaptor Sakura" is not a pure children's animation. Strictly speaking, it is not even a children's animation. So far, only the first episode of Cardcaptor has been aired. Not only has the plot of the animation not been unfolded, but the current audience consists only of children who are accustomed to watching the official animation TV station itself. The ratings are far from reaching saturation.
If we sell the broadcasting license fee now, it would be a cheap sale.
Although he is not short of money, he is not interested in doing such a thankless job.
"Okay, I'll tell them then." Mu Xingxue didn't ask any more questions and agreed readily on the spot.
"Not selling?" When the person in charge of Yunsu Video received Mu Xingxue's rejection, he thought Huaying was dissatisfied with the low price, so he said straightforwardly, "Then we can add another three million?"
Of course, Mu Xingxue was not moved by a mere three million. He tried to explain: "No, it's not about the money..."
After his explanation, the person in charge came to his senses. He frowned and said, "You are not thinking of waiting until the ratings of the animation are higher before selling it, are you? Don't blame me for not reminding you. Animation is not like TV series. No matter how high the ratings are, they are not that high. You are still broadcasting in the prime time. The competition in the prime time of the summer season is always the most intense. If the ratings drop by then, I am afraid that you will not be able to sell the broadcasting license at this price again."
The person in charge of the other party was so disrespectful that Mu Xingxue was too lazy to argue with him. He said bluntly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, Huaying has no plans to sell the broadcasting license for the time being."
The conversation ended unpleasantly.
At the same time, there was a jubilant scene in Bai Chengxuan's third support group:
"Great news! The broadcast time of "She's Been in Your Heart" has been adjusted to the prime time! The ratings will definitely soar in the future! Our Brother Xuan is safe!"
"I want to laugh. As expected, Brother Xuan is Brother Xuan. Xingning TV was afraid that our Brother Xuan's new drama would fail, so they gave him a terrible time slot. Now they know to adjust the time back to prime time. Don't you feel embarrassed?"
"Let's not talk about the unhappy things. Let's just watch the drama and post some Weibo to support Brother Xuan. Go for it, ladies! See you tonight at 7:30 on Xingning TV!"
“See you there~”
Ji Mengsi typed the last four words happily. After dinner, she hugged her pillow and sat happily on the sofa, waiting for the show "She's Been in Your Heart" to start at 7:30.
However-
"Sister, I want to watch cartoons!"
The child's voice next to her ear was so loud that it was frightening. Ji Mengsi rubbed her ears. She had no idea what to do with her own sister's habitual high-pitched voice. She put down the pillow with a headache and turned to look at the six or seven-year-old girl who was holding a doll and blinking her eyes, looking at her brightly.
Ji Mengsi tried to reason with her: "Tuantuan, look, usually when you want to watch cartoons, I give you the TV. Now I have a TV show I want to watch, don't you think you should let me watch it too?"
Little Radish Head: "I want to watch cartoons!"
Ji Mengsi's hair was starting to go bald, so she changed her tone and tried to lure him in: "As long as you promise me that you won't snatch the TV from me today, I'll bring you a strawberry cake from the cake shop at the street corner tomorrow."
The little girl thought about it in her mind: "I want to watch cartoons!"
Seeing that reasoning and bribery were ineffective, Ji Mengsi gritted her teeth and started to play tricks. She stood up from the sofa, holding the remote control high in her hand, and teased her sister smugly: "The remote control is in my hand, come and take it?"
The little girl looked at her.
Ji Mengsi suddenly felt a little uneasy.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
"Wow—" After a brief silence, there was the sharp and piercing cry of a little girl. Ji Mengsi was stunned for a moment, and before she could react, the next second, her ear was grabbed by a hand with thin calluses, and then her mother's voice rang out: "Ji! Meng! Si!"
Ji Mengsi: ...It's over!
"Tuantuan is still young and doesn't understand. Can't you give in to her more? Look at you, you are already so old, but you still fight with your sister for the TV. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if you tell others about it?"
Ji Mengsi: I dare not speak.jpg
Ten minutes later.
Being grabbed by the ears and scolded mercilessly by her own mother, Ji Mengsi had no choice but to curl up in a corner of the sofa, typing sullenly in the group chat: "Wuwuwu, I'm sorry everyone! I can't support Brother Xuan today [cry][cry]"
"Pat your head, what happened?"
Ji Mengsi raised his head and glanced to his side.
The little carrot-head was happily sitting on the sofa holding a doll. On the small coffee table in front of him was a piece of exquisite and lovely strawberry cake, which his mother had ordered his father to buy to make the little ancestor laugh. When Ji Mengsi looked over, the little guy was so excited that he even threw his favorite doll aside, made a strange gesture, and said loudly:
"The key that hides the power of darkness, show me your true power. Sakura, who made a promise with you, orders you to lift the seal!"
Ji Mengsi: …
Damn, what kind of weird line is this? It's too embarrassing!
She complained in her heart, crying and complaining to her friends in the group: "The TV was taken away by my sister, and she insisted on watching cartoons. I cried, I'm sorry Brother Xuan!"
"Ah, I can touch you. There's nothing I can do about it. After all, the ownership of the TV remote control has always been in the hands of children... I can't snatch it away from them."
"I understand. I understand so much. You are a younger sister after all. Do you know how I feel when I fight with my brother for the TV? The most important thing is that he watches those magical girl-themed anime. Me???"
Wait! Magical girl?!
Subconsciously, Ji Mengsi's mind flashed through the embarrassing lines her sister had just recited. Her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately had a bad feeling. She turned her head to look at the TV. In the lower right corner of the animation that was still playing, the words "Cardcaptor Sakura" were clearly visible.
Ji Mengsi's eyes went dark.
Damn it! Not only did she fail to contribute to the ratings of the male god, she also became a traitor to the male god!
Realizing this, Ji Mengsi was so upset that she was in no mood to chat in the group anymore. She simply opened her phone and browsed the online mall, intending to vent her depression through shopping.
Five minutes later, Ji Mengsi put down his phone expressionlessly.
Damn, did they discuss the latest online store? It's summer now, why are the new skirts still so ugly? With such a low standard, they still want to make money? Don't they have any idea
She was feeling extremely resentful, but her younger sister on the other side of the room saw something and suddenly exclaimed "Wow!"
Ji Mengsi looked up at the TV.
This action was completely subconscious on her part, and she soon realized what she had done - being forced to contribute to the ratings would be fine, but watching the rival animation, wasn't that making a mistake on top of a mistake
However, just before she looked away, the picture on the TV made her freeze for a moment and she forgot to look away.
In the picture, a girl with long curly hair smiled as she opened the car door. The next second, two long rows of cute little skirts, hats, and boots of different styles were lined up in front of her.
Ji Mengsi was stunned for a moment.
Mu Suxing worked hard on the costume design of "Cardcaptor Sakura".
Taking into account the differences in clothing styles between the two worlds, Makusu made some improvements to the costumes in "Cardcaptor Sakura", changing the costumes in the comics into Lolita skirts that are more suitable for Blue Star, combining fashion sense with girlishness, and it would be best if the audience who watched this animation would never forget it and be obsessed with it.
As it turned out, he succeeded.
After the frustrating experience of shopping online just now, Ji Mengsi couldn't take her eyes off the rows of princess dresses in front of her. The girlish heart and princess dream unique to girls were stimulated to the maximum at this moment, and she immediately forgot about her male god!
What the hell is this dreamy little skirt? It’s so pretty!
The most important thing is, there are two long rows of such pretty little skirts
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