December, towards the end of the year.

The teaching work of Fog City University of Arts and Sciences is carried out in an orderly manner.

Xu Bin led the team of Chen Jun and Ouyang Chen to actively prepare for the ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition.

The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest was held in Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, Europe.

At that time, Ding Yue will personally lead the team to Zurich, Switzerland to participate in the competition.

While preparing for the ACM, Xu Bin also found time to complete his graduation thesis and successfully completed the thesis defense.

The first batch of nine students who are about to graduate ahead of schedule have already completed their graduation theses and defenses one after another.

Ding Yue hopes that before New Year's Day, that is, after returning from participating in the ACM competition in Europe, he can hold a small graduation ceremony for the first batch of students who graduated early, and issue graduation certificates.

However.

Before Ding Yue went to Europe to compete in the ACM competition, the thing he wanted to explain the most was about the animation major.

Because with the deepening of the exchanges and cooperation between the School of Architecture and the School of Medicine of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences and East China University of Civil Engineering and Wucheng Medical University, the strength of the two departments has been greatly improved, and the School of Architecture has several more honorary professors of East China University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

The School of Medicine has purchased a number of advanced equipment and cooperated more closely with Wucheng Medical University, so the progress of the professional tasks of the two departments has been successfully assessed by the system to reach 100%.

At present, the progress of the [Key Professional Level] task has been achieved by 4/5, and the last major is missing.

That's right.

This last major is animation design and production.

The day before leaving for Europe, Ding Yue once again came to Feiyue Animation Studio.

Dozens of members of Feiyue Animation Studio are full of energy after a long period of rest and each of them has received generous bonuses.

Even if there are no projects now, everyone is trying to make their animation design and production skills more proficient.

"Principal Ding, why are you here?"

Xu Jiuge saw that Principal Ding had come to Feiyue Animation Studio, and immediately got up from her desk and greeted her.

"I'll come and take a look. ”

Ding Yue said casually, and then looked at everyone's state, and it seemed that they were all quite good.

Among them, the partners who came to Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences with Xu Jiuge are basically teachers of animation design and production at Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences, and some of them should teach students in the animation class in the teaching building at this time.

At present, the number of students majoring in animation design and production has expanded a lot with the enrollment in 2021, and with the addition of last year's class, a total of four classes have been reached.

And "Super Power Team" only began to be released in October and exploded, and it is estimated that by this time next year, the number of students in the animation major is very likely to skyrocket.

Because there are definitely not a few students who love animation in the country, coupled with the fact that the Feiyue Animation Studio and the animation major of the University of Arts and Sciences in Fog City have created an excellent hit like "Super Marines", presumably when the enrollment is next year, countless people will rush to it.

This is a good thing for animation majors, and for Ding Yue, it is natural that the more students who come to sign up, the better.

Anyway, the comprehensive infrastructure of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences has kicked off, and after the expansion of the 5,000-acre campus is completed, the capacity will exceed 100,000, and even accommodate more than 100,000 students.

When the time comes, will it be difficult to be afraid of hundreds or thousands of students in the animation major?

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to collect tens of thousands of tuition and other fees in one more year?

Xu Jiuge glanced at Principal Ding, although Principal Ding said that he was coming to take a look, but the smart Xu Jiuge naturally knew what Principal Ding was doing when he came to his side.

"Principal Ding, last time you told me that you wanted to improve the hard power of our animation major, I thought about it for a while, and it was easiest to start from improving the strength of teacher education. ”

Xu Jiuge followed Principal Ding's side and said seriously.

"Hmm. ”

Ding Yue nodded and asked, "Then have you made progress?"

"I contacted my former professors from Guangcheng University of Communication and Communication and asked them to come to our Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences to register, but we are still talking. Xu Jiuge replied.

At present, there is no serious professor in the animation design and production major, and Ding Yue thinks about systematically evaluating the task progress of this major, and he must attach great importance to the faculty.

So Ding Yue asked Xu Jiuge to come to Fog City University of Arts and Sciences as a breakthrough from looking for a professor-level figure majoring in animation.

Xu Jiuge's connections are naturally good, because she herself is from Guangcheng University of Media and Communication majoring in animation, and her teachers are many professors in the field of animation.

But.

Ding Yue knew that it was not so easy to invite professors from Guangcheng University of Communication and Communication to come over.

It took so much effort for Ding Yue to invite Professor Luo Xiang of Xia University of Political Science and Law, and it was basically no less difficult to invite a professor of animation from Guangcheng University of Communication and Communication to invite him.

Of course, sometimes, as long as the money is in place, and the animation major of Fog City University of Arts and Sciences has the word-of-mouth box office work of "Super Marines" as the foundation, it is not unattractive for the animation professors of Guangcheng University of Communication or other universities.

"Are your teachers unwilling to leave Guangcheng University of Media and Communication? Or do they think the money given is too little?"

Ding Yue's question was quite direct.

After Xu Jiuge heard this, he thought for a while, and then replied: "The conditions offered by the school are already very generous, I think the reason why the teachers are still hesitant should be because they are under pressure." ”

After all, not every professor can go to other colleges and universities casually, first of all, it is still a question whether his school allows it.

Otherwise, you will have to leave your job and join Fog City University of Arts and Sciences again.

But Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences is a private university after all, and for those professors, Guangcheng University of Communication and Communication not only has social status and stability, but also a sense of formality.

Once you leave Guangcheng University of Communication and go to Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences, it is equivalent to turning from a regular army to a miscellaneous army.

"Well, there are a lot of factors that do influence this, but it's better to be sure quickly. Ding Yue can't wait to reach the progress of the animation major, so as to complete the big task of [Key Professional Level], and then receive a rich reward.

I don't know if I will be able to get this rich reward when I am a year ago.

If you get it, it will be equivalent to the New Year's gift of 2022, and what could be a more generous gift than the reward of this task?

Apparently not at the moment.

"Principal Ding, I will try my best to negotiate with the teachers. Xu Jiuge said seriously.

Ding Yue naturally believes in Xu Jiuge's ability to do things, but Ding Yue ponders that in addition to recruiting professor-level figures, there may be a way to increase the percentage progress of the animation major.

That's a new project!

The establishment of a new project is equivalent to the animation major and the Feiyue Animation Studio will invest funds and personnel to create new works for the animation major of Fog City University of Arts and Sciences, and perhaps this can also increase the percentage of task progress.

Moreover, Leap Animation Studios has been on hiatus for so long, and it's time for a new project to be on the agenda.

After all, it is possible for a new project to go from conception to production, and then to completion, from a few months to a year and a half.

It's the end of 2021, and we're discussing new projects, which can be regarded as planning for Leap Animation Studio in 2022.

There's also the chance to increase the percentage progress of the mission, killing two birds with one stone.

"Jiu Ge, the matter of inviting the professor, we must hurry up, but there is one more thing, we should think about it in Feiyue Animation Studio. ”

Ding Yue walked to a chair, sat down and said to Xu Jiuge.

"Principal Ding, what do you mean......"

Xu Jiuge probably understood what Principal Ding meant.

She is a smart and youthful girl, and from Principal Ding's tone and the words just now, it can be heard that Principal Ding probably wants to plan for the follow-up of Feiyue Animation Studio.

Because since the acquisition of Feiyue Animation Studio a year ago, it has come up with its first work "Super Marines", which is very successful.

But Feiyue Animation Studios obviously can't just sit on the credit book and eat the same old book.

At least one high-quality work in one or two years, or one a year, is the basic guarantee of a good animation studio.

Several foreign Haolaiwu animation studios are like this, and basically one animation work above quality can be produced every year.

"That's right, it's the end of the year, and it's time for us to think about new projects. ”

Ding Yue nodded with a smile and said.

"Principal Ding is right, a high-quality animation studio, every year must have a good work, in order to be able to gain a firm foothold in the industry, not to mention that our domestic animation market has huge potential, there is no giant like Haolaiwu to dominate, so if we maintain good development, the future domestic animation market must be ours, and we can also go international!"

Xu Jiuge agreed with Principal Ding's words from a very rational point of view.

When Ding Yue heard this, he felt that Xu Jiuge, a girl, had a very long-term vision, and did not stop at the current success and rest on her laurels, but knew that she had to maintain good development, first occupy the domestic animation market, and then go international.

is worthy of the person I Ding Yue found!

"But...... Principal Ding, the words of the new project ......"

Xu Jiuge said impassionedly just now, and then his tone withered all of a sudden.

That's the way it goes.

But what does the new project do?

"Super Marines" has the medical and health robot Dabai Zhuyu in front, and then an animated film based on the medical and health robot Dabai.

First of all, the medical and health robot Dabai itself was already very popular and liked by the majority of people before the animated movie came out.

If the new project is successful, it is obviously impossible to directly do "Super Marines 2", right?

In fact, the most taboo in the industry is to make a sequel, because the sequel often fails to surpass the previous work to a large extent, and may even smash the reputation, and if it is immediately followed by "Super Marine Corps 2", it is not clear that you want to "make money".

"Don't you know what to do?" Ding Yue asked with a calm smile.

Xu Jiuge was also sincere, nodded and replied: "Well, it's really difficult to choose the subject matter and the source of creation at present......

An animation work must have a creative source, right?

Many domestic animation companies often produce animation works based on themes such as Monkey King and the Three Kingdoms of Journey to the West, of course, there are also originals, but the first thing to do is to set a tone.

The tone is – what?

However, before Ding Yue came, he had already thought about it, and this time he made a new project in Feiyue Animation Studio and made something unique.

In terms of animated films, a "Super Marines" has already been successful, and it may not be bad to wait until 2023 to release another animated movie in the next year.

As for 2022, Ding Yue has a new idea.

"This time, we won't make animated films, we'll do animated short films. ”