Modu Art Film Studio is a state-owned animation studio, it is the largest art film studio in China, and it is also one of the oldest animation studios in China's history, from here was born countless classic domestic cartoons, including animation, puppets, clay puppets, paper-cutting, ink painting and other forms, even foreigners look at those wonderful imagination are also breathtaking, Chinese animation once a short period of glory created by Modu Art Studio, it can be said that here is the cradle and birthplace of Chinese animation.

When we were children, we saw "Three Monks", "Little Tadpole Looking for Mother", "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", "Baolian Lantern", "Hulu Brothers", "Rubik's Cube Mansion", "Shuke and Beta" and other countless classic cartoons were born from here, these cartoons and animated images accompanied He Mu, Li Wenhua and their generation through their respective childhoods, at that time domestic animation was still very strong, Japanese comics were not so popular, and Hollywood animation was nothing that could be done in China except for "The Lion King".

A successful Hollywood animated film can sell for seven or eight billion dollars or even more at the box office, plus a variety of derivatives, it is no exaggeration to say that a successful animated film can create an industry of more than two billion US dollars, and Chinese films plus Chinese animation do not even count the comic industry.

We've fallen behind a lot, even if we try our best to catch up, we may not be able to catch up, let alone catch up in small steps, domestic animation, especially those state-owned animation studios, are like this now, even if the outside world has changed color. They are still the same, so the once glorious and invincible Modu Art Film Studio has completely declined, and can only make a living and superficial scenery by making some 2D naïve animations that even children don't bother to watch.

Although the magic capital studio is in decline. But the heritage is still there, they still have hundreds of classic animations that have left a deep impression on generations and the copyrights of these animations, He Mu invited Li Wenhua over, just to let him help him check and choose some cartoons with large operating space.

"It turns out that you want to buy the animation rights of the Magic City Beauty Film Studio, and then transform it into a CG version of the animation."

"That's right, I hope that the new animation will bring back fond memories of the classic animation of that era in my generation. So as to achieve the purpose of reviving domestic animation! He Mu said proudly.

Li Wenhua poured a basin of cold water at the right time, "Don't blame me for ruining your interest, does your newly established animation studio have the level of Pixar DreamWorks?" ”

"Of course not. What do you think. ”

"I think it's also true, if there is no kind of technique that can shock people speechless as soon as you take it out, then there is only one result of remaking a classic, and that is to be scolded. At least no one will compliment you. It doesn't matter if you're shooting really good or fake, that's the attitude that most people have towards the classics, these animations have formed a very tenacious and tenacious memory in their minds, and you suddenly want to make something similar but completely different, they can't accept it, at least they can't treat your work with a normal heart, so there will be a lot of biased evaluations. ”

Li Wenhua breathed a sigh of relief and said again. "To be honest, we watched the previous cartoons very excitingly. But now that we have watched so many Japanese animations and Hollywood animations, and then look back at those classic domestic old cartoons, I am afraid that we don't have that patience, and those things are just more than ten years ago when cultural life resources were scarce. Let's put it this way, even if your animation company's skills are not so advanced, the shooting will definitely not be worse than the previous one, but the evaluation is definitely far inferior to the previous work, which is purely thankless. ”

He Mu put forward a different opinion, "I used to have this idea, our dear audience is too superstitious about the classics, and always thinks that the old ones are good, including me, sometimes I will say that the remake is not as comfortable as the old version, but Ye Xuan and his team changed "Three Monks" to three-dimensional animation, and the effect is very good, much stronger than those three-dimensional animation series broadcast on TV today, and there are more laughs, I think this version is better and more classic." ”

Out of confidence in Ye Xuan's team, He Mu insisted on his idea, "I didn't want to make animated feature films at the beginning, I thought so, there are many excellent animated short films in the Magic City Beauty Studio, basically within ten minutes, but there are many people in their twenties and thirties who have seen them, these animations are of great significance to them, I want to remake these animations into CG animations, we are not about to take Tudou into the bag, and when the time comes, we will use Tudou as a platform to promote these transformed classic animations, I don't even plan to make a profit on these animations, just to show off my skills, to enhance the confidence of animation lovers in domestic CG animation skills, and to make my animation studio famous, so that they will go to the cinema to support them when the time comes. ”

Li Wenhua thought about it, nodded after the most reluctant, and agreed to accompany He Mu to the former Chinese animation kingdom, in fact, he had a better idea, but he wanted to see the situation of this art studio trip before telling He Mu.

He Mu had previously asked for the phone number of Chen Guozhen, deputy director of the Art Film Studio, through Wang Mingfei and her father of Bayi Studio, these state-owned studios are all brother factories and are closely related. He Mu had already communicated with the deputy director Chen in private, indicating his identity, the head of a film company, and also an actor, hoping to have another opportunity to talk to Director Chen about cooperation, and they made an appointment to go to the studio for an interview the next afternoon.

Deputy Director Chen is in his fifties and is very enthusiastic, he said that he has watched He Mu's movies and Li Wenhua's books, and he likes them all. He even knew Li Wenhua, and he was indeed a knowledgeable elder.

Before talking about business, he first took He Mu and Li Wenhua to visit the art film studio, there is a small museum in the factory, which stores all the works of the art studio, and the most conspicuous place is occupied by "Havoc in Heaven" and "Baolian Lantern", "Havoc in Tiangong" has won many awards and reputations overseas, and has won glory for domestic animation, "Baolian Lantern" is the most brilliant art studio, and has occupied the highest box office of mainland animated films for several years.

In the small museum, He Muli culture seems to have returned to their childhood, and there are their best childhood memories here.

"Look, this ink painting is from "Little Tadpole Looking for Mother"!"

"This is the puppet of "Avanti", and the landlord Lao Cai, what is his name?"

""Ginseng Doll" yes, it's so cute!"

"Shuk, Shuk, Shuk who drives a tank!"

"Beta, Beta, Beta flying Beta!"

"Ahem," Chen Guozhen reminded, "That's the opposite." ”

He Mu immediately complained to Li Pang, "It's all your fault, if you don't say Shuke who drove the tank, how could I say the beta who drove the plane, you went around me." ”

"Isn't that right?" Li Wenhua hasn't understood yet.

"Of course it's not right, it's Shuk who drives a plane and Beta who drives a tank." He Mu corrected.

"Oh, yes, yes, that's the case, I've watched "The Complete Works of Zheng Yuanjie". Li Pang said annoyedly.

At this time, Director Chen interjected again, "The two of you have seen almost, can you talk about cooperation, I wonder how much you plan to invest in our factory?" ”

"Investment, Director Chen, you're kidding, I didn't say I wanted to invest?" He Mu became vigilant, and Li Wenhua glanced at the smiling deputy factory director Chen, who was no longer the elder image just now...... (To be continued......)

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