Chapter 039. Competitors & Signings
Sitting in front of Xu Rui should be people from other animation companies, since most of the producers don't show up, Xu Rui doesn't know these people, and they probably don't recognize Xu Rui.
Hearing the name of Phantom Electricity, Xu Rui pricked up his ears and listened quietly.
"Phantom Electric, it seems to be making a comic change, I heard that there are a lot of outsourcing companies, it seems that they are indeed short of manpower."
"Oh, I know, it's from the Monthly Teenage Front, it's called ...... Soul Eater? β
"It's Soul Eater.,I'm curious about what kind of character the Gothic Lori original artist will come up with.,To be honest, I think it's strange now.,She's going to leave Mushroom Pictures to go to Phantom Electricity.γ
"Is the schedule set? At this pace, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the January file, and it's a little too late to do the April file, an embarrassing time. β
These people are discussing the new work of Phantom Electricity, but there is no disdain or ridicule, but it is the worry of their peers, probably because they all see their own shadows.
Xu Rui wanted to talk, but the meeting was about to start, so he had to give up.
The animation industry conference is not interesting, except for the official tone of summarizing last year's industry situation, it is a clichΓ© content issue, but fortunately, the atmosphere of the meeting is not too serious, and Xu Rui can still peek at his mobile phone.
At the end of the one-and-a-half-hour meeting, Xu Rui was already a little sleepy, he did not have a small gathering with other people in the industry after the meeting, but was going to go directly to the comic exhibition venue to meet with Yi Qianqian.
"Wait a minute, sir."
At this time, Xu Rui was stopped.
He turned around and saw a rather artistic man, with slightly longer hair, a small tuck at the back of his head, relatively thin, wearing a casual suit, not like an animator but like some pop singer.
"Introduce yourself, I'm Wuyi, the director of Rainbow Media, you are Xu Rui of Phantom Electricity, right?"
He handed over a business card with the information written on it.
"Yes, hello."
Xu Rui nodded.
He still knows this martial arts director, the gold medal director of Rainbow Media, it only took five years from the original painter to the performance and then to the director, and the director's first work "Antarctic Cleaner" won the annual animation award that year, and after a year later, "Rebellious Livias" won the annual animation again.
Now thirty years old, Wu Yi has become one of the hottest directors in the industry.
"Do you have time to talk, let's find a place to sit."
"Ah, I'm sorry, although I really want to learn from you, but I've already made an appointment with someone else."
Xu Rui said with a slight embarrassment.
"It's okay, let's leave a contact information and have a chance to eat together in the future."
As he spoke, Wu Yi asked for Xu Rui's mobile phone number and recorded it, he said.
"I've watched "Voice of the Stars", although it is a little immature in all aspects, but I see something different from the current animation in this animation, and I also heard that you rejected the offer of Rainbow Media and started your own business, to be honest, I envy you."
"Envy me?"
Xu Rui thought that Wu Yi was saying polite words, but looking at his expression, he was indeed very sincere.
"It's all in the past, and I can tell you about it when I have a chance in the future."
Wu Yi swallowed back halfway through his words, and he waved his hand.
"You're busy, I'm looking forward to your animation."
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Xu Rui left the Convention and Exhibition Center Hotel in a bit of a fog and entered the crowded venue.
The time was 11:50, and he quickly saw the huge signboard of the New Front Media, but after coming here, he didn't find Yi Qianqian's figure.
A large number of people gathered here, and Xu Rui relied on the staff card to squeeze into the backstage, and saw Li Ruoxuan at a glance.
She was wearing a black short-sleeved T-shirt printed with the logo of "Monthly Youth Frontline", perhaps because of the size, it seemed to be one size smaller, and under the denim shorts were slender and fair legs, which made it difficult to take off her eyes, Li Ruoxuan stepped on a pair of white sneakers, looking young and sunny, she also had a staff card on her chest, and when she saw Xu Rui, she immediately burst into a smile full of vitality.
"Xu Rui, here and here."
Li Ruoxuan beckoned Xu Rui to come over, even though the temperature was extremely low in the venue, there were still a few strands of hair in her ears sticking to her face because of sweat.
"What are so many people doing here?"
Xu Rui looked over, and these people were all queuing, as if they were buying something.
"Hey, don't you know, it's Teacher Qiu Buyu's signing meeting, which was supposed to end at twelve o'clock, but the readers were too enthusiastic, and Teacher Qiu Buyu temporarily decided to sign for another half an hour."
In the noisy venue, Li Ruoxuan raised her voice slightly.
"I really don't know."
Xu Rui saw the front of the line, where sat a young woman in Hanfu, she was petite and had a baby face, if it weren't for Li Ruoxuan's explanation, Xu Rui would have thought it was a junior high school student.
"Teacher Qiu Buyu is the best at painting ancient and strange themes, and her "Qingqiu Friend Thin" serialized in "Margaret" is one of the top three popular works, and both male and female readers like it very much!"
"Margaret" is a girl's comic magazine under New Frontier Media, and it is also one of the top girl's comic magazines in China.
"Originally, Mr. Qiu Buyu serialized "Pipa Song" on "Winter Island", but left because of copyright and manuscript fee disputes, I thought she would be slumped, but I didn't expect that "Qingqiu Friend Bo", which began to be serialized after "Margaret", was even more powerful, and the sales of a single book in just one year exceeded the total sales of "Pipa Song" in three years!"
Li Ruoxuan seemed to be a fan of this teacher, and explained with great interest.
"That's really amazing.,This manga animation should be in the works, right?"
Xu Rui asked subconsciously out of the intuition of animation practitioners.
"Well, it looks like a mushroom painting is doing it."
Li Ruoxuan replied with a little embarrassment.
"It's okay, I'll just ask."
The two chatted casually again, and the staff on the side informed Li Ruoxuan that she could go to lunch and rest first, she nodded and turned around to ask.
"I'm done here, do you want to go get something to eat?"
"I'm still waiting for Sister Qianqian, I don't know where she went again."
Xu Rui replied casually, he had made two calls before, but they were all busy signals, and he didn't know if the signal was bad or Yi Qianqian didn't hear it.
"That's right...... Why don't we go find her, and at noon, there will be fewer people in the venue, and I can talk to my colleagues here, and if you see her, contact us. β
Li Ruoxuan hesitated for a moment, then proposed.
"Okay, I'll call again."
Xu Rui looked at the time, it was already half past twelve, and Teacher Qiu Buyu's signing had ended, but he still couldn't see Yi Qianqian's figure.
Just as the two of them were about to leave, there was a burst of exclamations on the side of the venue where there were fewer tourists.