The criticism meeting was opened.

The executives of PD toys have received a punishment of "bonus deduction", which is regarded as three cups of self-punishment and has exposed the matter.

Meng Lang finally deflated.

Speaking of which, we are all brothers. There is no need to engage in infighting all day long for a little profit. If you have this time, you might as well think about how to improve your business.

Moreover......

PD lacks everything, but not IP. There is no need to entangle the "magic building blocks" with a lot of money-making IPs.

Meng Lang, who is well versed in the truth of "Carrot Stick", also pointed out a clear way for them after teaching the senior management of PD toys.

"PD Animation, didn't you start a new project recently? You can pay more attention, and if nothing else, the spin-off toys of this project will not be much worse than magic bricks. ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true!"

"Okay, let's go look into it. By the way, Mr. Meng, what is the name of the new project? Why haven't we heard of it?"

"Pinball Legends!"

Meng Lang rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Not long after the project was established, it's normal that you haven't heard of it. ”

Marbles...... Marbles......

Everyone muttered and wondered: "Why is it a cartoon again? Isn't it good to make it a live-action drama?"

"I also think live-action dramas are better. ”

"Look at Yu-Gi-Oh, this is going to be remade into a live-action drama. If the new project has great potential, it can be made into a live-action drama in one step!"

"Yu-Gi-Oh remake of live-action drama?"

Meng Lang was surprised: "Where did you get the news, why don't you even know about me?"

"Mr. Meng, don't you know?"

Everyone gossiped: "This is what Director Wang revealed, he said that the Transformers are all real-life." Yu-Gi-Oh is not far away. ”

Wang Kui's broken mouth!

After Meng Lang waved everyone away, he hurriedly called Wang Kui and asked, "Who told you that Yu-Gi-Oh is going to be a live-action adaptation?"

"Everybody thinks so!"

was scolded inexplicably, Wang Kui looked very aggrieved, and said hesitantly on the phone: "Live-action drama adaptation animation, animation adaptation live-action drama, this is our long-standing route, there is no reason why Yu-Gi-Oh will be an exception, right?"

Is this an "exceptional" issue?

This is the problem of "Ye Qing Knot"!

Everything can be "humanized", and there is some truth to this sentence. No matter what animation it is, as long as the popularity is high enough, the producer will definitely dare to start live-action and just mess with money.

It's the same all over the world!

The Transformers in North America are a relatively successful precedent, and Neon's "Detective Conan" and "The Prince of Tennis" are not bad.

As for the domestic ......

There don't seem to be many successful examples of animated adaptations of live-action dramas. On the contrary, "game change", "change" and "comic change" have produced many masterpieces.

When Meng Lang was filming the Anti-Japanese War drama, I heard that "The Legend of the Seven Heroes of the Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit" was also going to be changed to a live-action drama. It's a pity that he hasn't seen the finished film yet, and there are no people.

Adaptation of animation and live-action dramas is an industry trend. Meng Lang, as a beneficiary, naturally would not resist this matter.

He just thinks.

Jokes are not nonsense, and adaptations are not random fabrications. Some works may really not be suitable for live-action animation, and forcibly changing them may be counterproductive.

Of course, Yu-Gi-Oh can be changed.

The reason why he scolded Wang Kui was not because Yu-Gi-Oh was not suitable for adapting live-action dramas. It's that he feels that there is something wrong with Wang Kui's thinking, and he is in the prime of life, so he actually wants to eat his old book, and he is the first Chinese network

That's right!

Animation adaptation of live-action drama, or live-action drama adaptation of animation, in Meng Lang's view, is the practice of "eating the old book".

If PD lacks the ability to innovate, it really can't make new works. Eat Ben like this, and he won't say anything.

But now there are so many new PD projects that they can't be busy. At this time, it would be very stupid to eat the old book.

After his reminder, Wang Kui also realized his mistake.

Everything can be humanized, right!

Do it now, wrong!

Yu-Gi-Oh's adaptation of a live-action drama may happen in the future, but it is never possible now. As for when it will be in the future, Meng Lang can't say for sure.

It may be that ten years later, Yu-Gi-Oh is no longer hot, and PD will launch a live-action version to extend the life of the IP. It may also be that twenty years later, the little black pig succeeded to the throne in order to consolidate his prestige, and deliberately fried a wave of cold rice......

Anything is possible!

After saying this, Meng Lang suddenly remembered that a task given to Wang Kui at the end of last year had no news until now, how is it progressing now?

"Ultra Monster Lady?"

When Wang Kui heard this word, he was speechless and said, "Mr. Meng, it's not that I deliberately delayed time." It's really every character image that needs to be repeatedly scrutinized and discussed to be determined, otherwise there will be big problems!"

That's the same thing......

Ultra Monster Niang,A year ago, the news of "Anime Comic Schedule" was released. But until now, two-thirds of the characters have been painted, and the progress can be described as slow.

But it can't be helped.

The design of each Ultra Niang or Monster Niang, its character image needs to be determined after several rounds of discussion. Once you've drawn a sketch, you have to post it for fan opinions.

If fans are generally dissatisfied, then they will have to be torn down and redrawn.

Come and go, and time will be delayed.

Wang Kui did his best.

The early primordial, Zoffie, Saiwen, Jack and Ace, including Ultraman and TV monsters, have all completed their motherhood. There are only a few characters left, such as Taylor, Leo and Eddie, and they have not yet come up with a motherhood plan.

According to his estimates, "Ultra Monster Niang" will complete the "first phase of image design" in June next year, that is, in 2023, start animation production, and broadcast at the end of the year.

Looking through the design drawings in the mailbox, Meng Lang pondered: "I think, since the amount of work is so huge." We don't have to do it all at once, it's a phased solution, wouldn't it be good?"

"What do you mean?"

"Now the first generation and Saiwen, all the monsters are mothers, right?"

"Yes!"

"That's ...... that"

Meng Lang muttered: "Let's do the first season of Ultra Monster Niang's animation first, and 12 episodes are scheduled in the early stage." In this season, only the first generation and Severn appeared, and no other Ultraman appeared. ”

"Back in the second season, new characters Jack and Ace were added, and new monsters were added. So every time we complete a stage, the animation will be updated for a season, what do you think?"

"Yes!"

Wang Kui, who was on the other end of the phone, took a note of Mr. Meng's speech, and asked casually: "In that case, the comics will also maintain this progress and be released in stages?"

"Yes!"

"The manga is also released in stages. ”

"Okay, I've got it!"

Wang Kui closed the notebook and asked into the phone: "Then there is only one question now, what kind of plot should be used to connect the different stages?"

The original plan is definitely gone.

After all, in the original plot, all Ultramans appeared at the same time. Now that it has appeared in stages, the plot naturally has to be changed.

"This ...... I can't tell you on the phone, you come to my house in the evening, let's sit down and have a good chat!"