Chapter 35: Directing "Bear Infested"
The day after indulging in the fun, after the two got up, Wang Meng was pulled back home by a phone call from her father, Jiang Shuying still wanted Wang Meng to accompany her for a few more days, but when she saw Wang Meng's embarrassed appearance, she gave up.
Wang Meng sent Jiang Shuying to the door of the play and came to Marvel.
When he learned the results of Wang Zhiwei's search for him, Wang Meng was shocked.
It turned out that Wang Zhiwei agreed with Wang Meng more than two months ago to produce the cartoon of "Bear Infested" by himself, and he didn't have to gather all the people in such a short time.
However, Wang Zhiwei heard the news of the closure of a magic city called 'Sky Animation Studio', so he went to contact him.
Due to the poor management of this animation studio, it is currently in a state of loss.
However, its staff are all experienced veterans, and there are nearly twenty people in the entire animation studio. After discussing with the owner of the animation studio, Wang Zhiwei was ready to take over the animation studio.
Sky Animation Studios, five years old. However, it has always been a proxy for other animation companies, and there are no animation products of its own, so the director zhì fell into trouble after the previous customers produced and sold themselves.
After enviing like this for less than a year, its boss couldn't help it anymore and spread the news of the transfer.
It just so happened that after Wang Zhiwei learned the news, the two were willing to fight and suffer, so they verbally agreed on the transfer contract.
Wang Zhiwei finally planned to acquire the company in full with a capital of 2.3 million.
Today is the date of the investigation, and if there are no accidents, we will acquire Sky Animation Studios.
Therefore, Wang Zhiwei called Wang Meng over and went to see it together.
Coming to Marvel, Wang Zhiwei and Ma Chengkun were already waiting, and the three of them drove to Sky Animation Studio.
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"Mr. Wang is here, please." The owner of Sky Animation Studio is a middle-aged man who has returned from studying abroad, about forty years old, and his name is Ji Fei.
Ji Fei looked at Wang Meng, who was wearing sunglasses and a hat, his face was puzzled, and he asked, "May I ask who this is?" It looks very familiar! ”
Wang Meng smiled awkwardly and took off his eyes, Ji Fei instantly opened his mouth wide, and said with an incredible look: "If you read it right, you are the director of "This Man is from Earth", Wang Wang, right?" ”
Before Wang Meng could speak, Wang Zhiwei couldn't help it, and said with a smile: "It's the dog Wang Meng, I didn't expect Mr. Ji to know the dog, he has a little reputation, but don't praise her, this kid will float as soon as he praises." ”
Wang Meng broke out in a cold sweat for a while......
"It's really Director Wang!" Ji Fei was stunned, then thought of something, and said excitedly: "Then Mr. Wang, you are the editor-in-chief of Marvel, Wang Zhiwei, ......!" Mr. Wang, you can hide it, I'm so miserable! I thought at the time that Mr. Wang was just a newcomer who was a little interested in animation, but I didn't expect ......? ”
Wang Zhiwei didn't expect that he was a little famous, so he didn't think too much about it, and said, "Forgive me, forgive me." I didn't think about it last time, so I didn't say my identity. But this time I came with sincerity, Mr. Ji, please rest assured. ”
"It's okay, this is also Mr. Wang's respectful attitude, if Mr. Wang doesn't say a word and buys Sky Animation Studio, I don't feel at ease, after all, this is my five-year effort!" Ji Fei sighed.
"It's good that Mr. Ji understands!" Wang Zhiwei said.
Wang Meng is still very interested in animation, after all, he also hopes to make 3D animation works such as "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda" in the future, so it is incredible to see that there are less than 20 people in the entire Sky Animation Studio.
Take a two-dimensional cartoon as an example, generally at least 12 pictures per second, if you count the layering, then at least 20 or so paintings must be drawn, although there are also static Zhen storage zài, but in general, the animation is about 4000-6000 pictures per 20 minutes, this is only the amount of animation, 20 minutes of film is about 400-450 shots, generally broadcast an episode of animation every week, the actual production cycle of each episode is about 6-10 weeks, If the 2 weeks left for the animation are removed, the time given to the director, the time given to the original painting, the time for the painting supervisor to correct after the original painting is completed, and the time for the second original line to be cleared after the correction.
This is just the work of the painting department, and the company is composed of the painting department, the production department, the photography department, the art department, the management department, and other departments, even after the video part is completed, the sound production company involved, the dubbing production company. For any 20-minute episode of Japanese anime, there are at least 100 staff members who actually participate in the production of zuò.
This is still two-dimensional animation, a three-dimensional animation that can really be regarded as a big movie, at least three or four hundred people, eight months and a year of production time, so just like the three-dimensional movies we see such as "Crazy Primitives" and "Frozen", it is not shorter than the time to shoot a live-action movie.
So Wang Meng was puzzled and asked, "Mr. Ji, why are there so few people in Sky Animation Studio, is there another department, or is there any way to say it?" ”
After Ji Fei heard Wang Meng's words, he suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "Director Wang doesn't know, don't you think that Sky Animation Studio can complete an animation film alone?" ”
Wang Meng was stunned: "Isn't it, there are other ways?" ”
"The door ......is big," Ji Fei said: "Director Wang must know that there are only a handful of large companies in our country that can produce a cartoon alone, and more of them are distributed to some small companies to complete it together." For example, we are responsible for a part of a cartoon, and other companies are responsible for a part, and finally summarize and dub, and after a series of work to supervise the painting, unify the colors, and so on, we have the cartoon we see......"
Wang Meng was embarrassed for a while after listening to it, to be honest, I really don't know the doorway, I only know that animation is not easy, but I don't know that it is so difficult.
Ji Fei said: "Of course, I'm talking about the kind of high-end and exquisite animation, that is, the animation that is now the mainstream in Midi and Japan, as for our domestic ones, it doesn't need to be so complicated, it's much simpler." ”
After saying this, Ji Fei's face was a little embarrassed, and he said again: "But? This is also the source of difficulties for our Sky Animation Studio, our employees are all top talents, but they do not adapt to domestic standards. In the past, there was still a job in Japan to make ends meet, but now? With the increase in investment in the Japanese animation industry, they can satisfy themselves at home, so ......"
When Wang Meng heard it, he felt wrong after a simple understanding.
"Didn't Mr. Ji think about changing it and adapting to domestic standards?" Wang Meng asked. But in my heart, I muttered: 'Since you can get high-end ones, you can't get simple ones.' ’
Ji Fei squeaked and said, "Hey! In fact, I'm more suitable for technology, and asking me to pick up jobs is really not what I'm good at. At first, there were a few Japanese classmates who could take care of them, but now they are all producing and selling their own. So....... As for the domestic ones, I don't care...... Overall, blame me too! ”
Wang Meng understands that this is a technician, and he can rely on his relationship to get a job at the beginning, now? It won't pull the relationship, so that's it, it seems that the technicians are really not suitable for business.
However, Wang Meng thinks this is good, and he likes this kind of technology nerd the most, this kind of person is a very scarce talent.
Moreover, it's not just Wang Meng who likes such people, Wang Zhiwei also likes it, so there is 7% of Ji Fei's shares in the contract, and Wang Zhiwei will do it in terms of management, and Ji Fei will complete the accumulation of technology and the production of animation.
I have to say that Wang Zhiwei's vision is still very powerful.
After a general check of the company's finances and no foreign debts, several people quickly signed the contract.
Moreover, Wang Zhiwei also enriched the employees he recruited and the equipment he purchased into the Sky Animation Studio. In this way, the entire animation studio has nearly thirty people, and it can be regarded as a medium-sized animation studio in the magic capital.
In the end, it cost nearly five million to acquire an animation studio and buy equipment. Thanks to the recent hot sales of bear-infested and the transfer of surrounding copyrights, otherwise! It really made Wang Zhiwei hurt his muscles and bones.
In this way, Sky Animation Studio officially changed its name to 'Marvel Animation' and belonged to Marvel Comics.
With the injection of funds and the establishment of the project of "Bear Infested", Marvel Animation Studios began to have sufficient horsepower......
Wang Meng was very ashamed to accept the position of director of "Bear Infested", anyway, there was nothing to do when he came in, and the technology on the plane was checked by Ji Fei, what Wang Meng did was to control the overall situation, and compare the samples of "Bear Infested" in the previous life to give opinions.
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[PS: Thank you Aries Fan, the rabbit who was beaten, and the reward of the two, thank you. 】