Starry Sky Building, an early summer animation studio.

It's Sunday, but it's a busy scene in the office area, employees are sitting in front of the computer and working intently, and the screen shows cartoon images, input, drawing, compositing, action, editing, special effects...

It's like an animation production line.

Although it has been established for less than a month, the team has been running in quite quickly, and the most important thing is that the internal atmosphere of the studio is very good, and everyone is full of enthusiasm, so the initial results have been produced in such a short time.

In the early summer, the animation studio completed the first episode of the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series, although the things that were taken out so far are still semi-finished products, but they also surprised Luo Kai.

This kind of efficiency is really strong, especially for a new team, which is undoubtedly appreciated.

"Old Duan..."

When he saw Duan Hongrui, Luo Kai's first words were: "Thank you for your hard work!"

Now the early summer animation studio,Basically, Duan Hongrui is in charge of management,He used to be the marketing director of the animation company,Although the main job is project marketing planning,But he knows a little bit of technology,And has a lot of management talent。

Without the veteran all-rounder at the helm, the new team would not have been able to achieve results so quickly.

And it is precisely under the drive of Duan Hongrui that the employees are very enthusiastic about their work, and they are working overtime even on weekends.

Duan Hongrui hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't you dare to be, the main thing is everyone's hard work." ”

Smack!

Luo Kai clapped his palms, so that the attention of the employees turned to himself, and then said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard, everyone's bonus will be doubled this month!"

There was silence in the office area for 1 second, and then a warm cheer broke out: "Long live Mr. Luo!"

In this line of work, overtime is commonplace, and overtime pay is usually not available, and it all depends on performance bonuses.

Therefore, the attitude of the boss is very important, the boss is stingy, and he may have to deduct the bonus if he works overtime until he dies, and it is undoubtedly an enviable blessing to meet Luo Kai who is so generous.

Duan Hongrui felt a lot of pressure: "BOSS, let's take a look first." ”

Luo Kai hasn't seen the animation he has made, in case he is not satisfied, wouldn't it be bad?

Duan Hongrui has seen this situation many times before, and the things that the team worked so hard to make were scolded by the boss or customers when they took it out, so it didn't work, it was wrong, it was torture.

Duan Hongrui was worried that Luo Kai's requirements would be too high or not meet his expectations, and it would be miserable.

Luo Kai understood Duan Hongrui's thoughts, and nodded with a smile.

In fact, Luo Kai didn't expect the studio to produce results so quickly, and it was acceptable to spend a month or two to integrate the team and familiarize himself with the project.

But he couldn't dampen everyone's enthusiasm for work.

At this time, Niuniu poked her head out from behind Luo Kai and greeted Duan Hongrui: "Uncle Duan is good." ”

"Hello. ”

Seeing Niuniu, Duan Hongrui immediately smiled: "Ah, our little director is also here." ”

It's not the first time that Niu Niu has come to the studio named after her, although she has the name of art director, but in everyone's eyes, she is a cute pistachio.

On the walls of the work area, there are many hand-painted works by Niu Niu, of course, all of which are from the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series, which are used to inspire the artists and children's fun.

Niuniu was a little shy and a little excited: "Uncle Duan, the cartoon of Pleasant Goat has been made?"

She's been looking forward to this day for a long time!

"Just the first episode..."

Duan Hongrui said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go and have a look, and ask Director Luo Chuxia to give more valuable advice!"

The place to watch the film is in the small conference room, and the audience is a total of four, Luo Kai, Niu Niu, Duan Hongrui, and Jiang Yue, the animation director of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

Although the chief director of the animation "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" is Luo Kai, it is impossible for Luo Kai to be stationed in the studio all day, so the main directorial work is still completed by Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue is in his thirties, short and chubby, festive-looking, with a pair of black-framed glasses, and a very gentle personality, belonging to the kind of person who will only endure silently when he is bullied.

Jiang Yue is a professional talent recommended by Duan Hongrui to join the early summer animation, don't look at Jiang Yue's three sticks and can't beat a stuffy fart, but he graduated from the Animation Department of Beijing Film Academy, with a solid foundation and talent.

He has been working in the industry for many years and has always been unknown, mainly because of his personality.

Duan Hongrui has known Jiang Yue for a long time and knows him very well, so he strongly recommends it to Luo Kai.

Now is the time to test the quality of this talent.

The curtains in the conference room have all been closed, the doors and lights are closed, and the projection screen is quickly lit up.

The first thing that appeared on the curtain was the opening credits of the early summer animation, which was the result of a lot of effort and time spent by the studio's animators, and it was very elaborate and very interesting.

The story begins quickly.

"Legend has it that there is a sheep village in the ancient green grassland, and there is a group of brave, kind and lovely sheep living in the sheep village, they are pleasant goats, beautiful goats, slow goats..."

As the narrator's voice sounds, the green grassland and the sheep village appear in the picture.

"Wow!"

Niuniu couldn't help but let out an exclamation, her eyes widened, staring at the projection screen without blinking.

This is the cartoon "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" of her dream!

The first episode is mainly about the background introduction and the appearance of cartoon characters, first of all, let the audience understand what kind of animated series it is, but in the 20-minute story, there is no shortage of interesting dialogue and funny content.

From time to time, the conference room rang out with the laughter of Niu Niu's silver bells.

Luo Kai also watched very carefully.

While watching, he compared the original, and the result was quite satisfying.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" belongs to 2D animation, and it is also a computer-generated 2D animation with few special effects and low technical content.

The technical gap between this level of animation and Hollywood animated blockbusters is like the gap between a small fishing boat and an aircraft carrier.

Luo Kai invested millions in the studio and recruited a group of experienced animators, if the things made are not up to the level of the original, then Duan Hongrui and Jiang Xingxue, who were present, could directly fire the squid.

What comes out now is not worse than the original, and all aspects are quite in place, especially the movements of the characters in it are very smooth, and there is not much stiff and unnatural feeling.

This is a great reflection of the skills of the animator.

But the problem is not without ...

The 20-minute time passed quickly, and because it was a semi-finished product, there was no OP and ED, that is, the opening song and the ending song, and the total length was almost 25 minutes if it was added in the later stage.

After reading it, Duan Hongrui turned on the light and asked, "BOSS, how do you feel?"

Duan Hongrui is an old bird in the industry, and his mood at the moment is still very worried, like a student who is asking about exam results, tangled up and down.

Jiang Yue didn't speak, but his clenched hands and nervous eyes were enough to expose his inner emotions.

He has been in the industry for more than ten years, and it is the first time he has been a real director, and he has put a lot of effort into this original cartoon and has high expectations.

In Jiang Yue's view, "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" can be called a first-class original animation in China, both in terms of cartoon image and story content, and it is better than those shoddy goods that cheat subsidies.

He's genuinely trying.

Luo Kai smiled and turned his head to look at Niuniu sitting beside him: "Niuniu, can you tell me what you think?"

Of course, Luo Kai has an idea in his heart, but he won't say it now, listen to Niuniu first.

Because Niu Niu is the art director, this cartoon was originally born for her, and her opinion is the most important thing!

Duan Hongrui and Jiang Yue's eyes brushed together and turned to look at Niuniu.

Niu Niu was very stressed: "Uh..."

Luo Kai smiled: "You just say it boldly, it doesn't matter, you can say whatever you want!"

Duan Hongrui and Jiang Yue realized their mistake, they both shrank their heads and quickly looked away.

With her father's encouragement, Niuniu thought for a while and said, "It's beautiful..."

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