Chapter 57: The Banana Man
Meng Zhe, who had a goal, began the preparations for the production of EVA, and he first rewrote the letter to Jin Hong, hoping that Jin Hong Animation Studio could relocate and work together - after all, if the distance is too far, communication or something will be a problem.
After sending the letter, Meng Zhe talked to Ken Obata about wanting to make an EVA, hoping that Ken Kohata could work together...... Remuneration or something, it's negotiable!
Ken Obata didn't agree directly, after he seriously asked what kind of story EVA was, he finally just said that he would consider it, after all, although he didn't have to worry about the story for Ken Kohata, but "Chess Soul", which draws a word every week, is already a very heavy job, and he feels that the working time is probably not enough to take on EVA's work.
Although Ken Obata had politely refused, the unruly man with Heyue showed a strong interest in Eva, but this time it was Meng Zhe's turn to politely refuse - Meng Zhe was really still a little worried about Heyue's character and observance.
Then expressed a strong interest in this matter, are Kishimoto Saishi and Oda Eiichiro, two god-level assistants, as Meng Zhe's full-time assistants, the daily work of the two is actually quite leisurely, and they have a lot of time to spend freely after completing their work every day.
Both of them wanted to draw comics themselves, but the longer they worked as assistants to Meng Zhe, the more they felt that their drawing skills were scum...... Mr. Akira Toriyama is so right, the gap between us and Mr. Yoshiyoshi is really at least ten years!
The national surname of the mud bombardment people who fear, worship the strong, despise and bully the weak made Kishimoto Qishi and Oda Eiichiro already worship Meng Zhe, a demonic reborn, so with such a good opportunity to learn in depth, how could the two not sign up enthusiastically?
Of course, Meng Zhe will not refuse to agree to this, Kishimoto and Oda were originally his assistants, and of course there is no problem in participating in the production of EVA.
However, just three people are obviously not enough, Meng Zhe still wants to do TV animation...... The animation studio that Shueisha promised to help build has now been erected, but there are still some problems with manpower - the selection criteria for animators and manga artists are different, and the boring middle paintings that draw frame by frame and have almost no difference between each one, and the comics with different contents one by one, are also two completely different concepts.
Meng Zhe's purpose in running an animation studio is not to make money, but to cultivate a new generation of animators who can produce beautiful new animations, so from the beginning he was the idea of recruiting people by himself.
Although it is said that Meng Zhe has released a few issues in advance on the Anime Boy, and has released an advertisement for recruiting animators. However, although there are many applicants, there are not many suitable candidates, and only six people have been recruited so far, and not all of these six people have come from recruitment.
According to Meng Zhe's plan, the number of animators he wants to recruit should be around fifteen to twenty.
"Editor-in-Chief Xiao Meng, are you free now? Eight more children came from the provincial capital, all of whom are comic fans edited by Xiao Meng......"
An editor in the magazine knocked on the door of Meng Zhe's studio, and then leaned in and asked.
"Are there any comic book fans again?"
Hearing this, Meng Zhe picked up the toilet paper on the table, carefully wiped the tip of the ink-stained dipping pen, and then got up and walked to the door of the studio-Speaking of which, with the influence of "Anime Boy", in fact, there will be fanatical anime lovers with dreams every once in a while, rushing to the location of Tianjiao Club from all over the country.
Anime lovers come with enthusiasm, including college students, high school students, and even very young junior high school students. Most of these half-grown children just came to meet their favorite cartoonists in a pilgrimage mentality, got an autograph or two, and then went home satisfied. However, there are also a small number of children who are determined to stay and draw comics with the great cartoonists they admire.
In the simple consciousness of these half-grown children, those who can serialize short stories on anime teenagers are cartoonists, and those who can serialize long stories are big cartoonists, and like Meng Zhe, who serializes many good-looking comics by himself, he is clearly a genius cartoonist!
For the children who are determined to stay, Meng Zhe will talk to each other in person, and he will tell those children who are not too old and may just be enthusiastic about the brain, how hard it is to be a cartoonist.
Under Meng Zhe's persuasion, some of the children finally retreated, but there were still a small number of children who were extremely determined and had to stay alive and dead.
For this kind of child who is extremely resolute and really wants to devote himself to the comic career, after Meng Zhe has been tested, part of it was left to be an assistant to Yao Feila and others, and part of it was sent to the newly established animation studio.
And the last remaining ones, Meng Zhe can only tell the other party: "Although I really don't want to say that, but you are really not suitable for drawing comics, nor are you suitable for animation ......"
Not all people are suitable for drawing comics, and some people may not be able to imagine or draw three-dimensional pictures in their lifetime; can't make up interesting stories; Close-ups that don't show tension.
After being sentenced by Meng Zhe, most of these children will be extremely disappointed and cry bitterly, this is the first dream in their lives, but this dream was ruthlessly pierced by the genius cartoonist Ji Ji who they admire the most.
Looking at those crying children, Meng Zhe felt uncomfortable - people's hearts are flesh and blood.
However, if it is not suitable, it is not suitable, Meng Zhe can't just leave others on the net just because the other party is an avid anime lover, and that is really irresponsible to these anime fans.
Therefore, Meng Zhe will persuade these children, saying that real anime fans should not only focus on animation and comics, and those who are not suitable for drawing may be suitable for writing comic scripts and sales of comic products...... Even went back to school to study hard, and after graduation, he could come to Tianjiao Club to apply for an editor, Meng Zhe said.
Of course, Meng Zhe is not fooling those children, and now the conditions for recruiting editors in Tianjiao Club are relatively low, yes, of course, in the future, priority will be given to recruiting anime fan-type editors - if the editors of anime magazines themselves have no love for anime, then how can the anime they pick out have love?
Thinking like this, Meng Zhe got up and walked out of the studio, and then saw eight young people with six women and two men—well, to be precise, eight young people wearing the emblem of the art academy in the provincial capital and famous throughout the country.
"This is the editor-in-chief of Xiao Meng of our magazine, and he is also the teacher Jiji you want to meet."
The editor who asked Meng Zhe to come out just now introduced the eight girls like this.
"Hello, I'm Meng Zhe, and I'm also Meng Jiji."
Meng Zhe introduced himself with a smile.
The eight young people from the Provincial Academy of Fine Arts didn't seem to expect to meet Teacher Ji Ji so easily, and Teacher Ji Ji would be so 'amiable', so they forgot to give a polite answer in a moment of excitement.
"Ah——, Mr. Jiji, hello! I...... We are fresh graduates of the Department of Chinese Painting and Oil Painting of the Provincial Academy of Fine Arts, and the eight of us have discussed it, hoping to join the Tianjiao Club and Mr. Jiji together to draw our own new comics in China! ”
The eight people were so excited about each other for a long time, and finally there was a girl with shawl hair and big black-rimmed glasses, and she stammered nervously.
"Join the Tianjiao Society? Are you sure...... Are you all serious? ”
After listening to the girl's introduction, Meng Zhe's expression became serious, and the people who can enter the Academy of Fine Arts to study in this era are all talented in art.
These already have a deep art foundation, a little bit of dialing and training can draw comics above the level, even if the dynamic picture will be a little worse, but the still life painting and sketching skills are definitely better than Chen Xiang and others!
If these eight young people really want to join the Tianjiao Society, then of course Meng Zhe will agree!
"Yes, Mr. Gigi, we mean it! Because after reading those reports about the situation of new comics in China, we feel that we can't just let Mr. Jiji fight alone, and we also want to contribute to the development of new animation in our country! The girl with black-rimmed glasses, who was the first to speak, said with her fist clenched.
"Chinese painting and oil painting or something, there will be no loss without the eight of us, and there will be no more glory if there are eight more of us, but if you can draw comics with Teacher Jiji, you will definitely achieve something!" A girl with pigtails, sloppy clothes, and a 'artist' no matter how you look at it, said.
"That's it! Now the comics sold in the bookstore,Almost all of them are comics,Only Mr. Jiji's "Anime Boy" is our own domestic comics in China, we feel that we have a responsibility and obligation to help......" The young woman who didn't wait for the artist's temperament to speak landed, and another thin girl said again.
"Teacher Jiji, I have already disowned my family, so if you don't take me in, then I will have to go to the coastal side to sell coolies...... Teacher Jiji, you can't bear it, right? Followed by a bald young man among the eight, his expression was sad and sad.
"Liu Kang, what are you talking nonsense? When we came, your mother brought you on the train with a big bag of food and drink, and you were crying when the train started...... Ah, I forgot to introduce myself to Mr. Jiji, I'm Zhang Cheng! "From ......" didn't wait for the bald young man to finish speaking, and the other young man who came with him wrapped his head in a flower turban exposed the bald man's old bottom very facelessly.
"Bastard Zhang Cheng, don't think that you are an abominable US imperialist banana man, you can fabricate facts as casually as imperialists, when did I cry?!"
"I'm a Chinese-American with yellow skin and red heart, not a banana man with yellow skin and white heart, thank you."
(To be continued)