Chapter 015. Chacchi the Deer
Of course, Xu Rui didn't know about these internal entanglements, and his main focus now was on how to rebuild an animation company.
Fortunately, his father left at least one studio for him, and Xu Rui didn't have to worry about the most troublesome workplace problems.
But people are still a big problem.
Not to mention a big animation company like Rainbow Media, which is the most basic, a studio that can independently produce an animation must at least have a dedicated original artist, animator, photographer and producer, even if Xu Rui has memories from the earth and can independently serve as the director's script and performance, but completing an animation is far more than that.
Xu Rui typed a list of positions in the document, and then crossed out several positions, including sound director, 3D production, producer, performance, etc., some of which can be outsourced, and there is no need for special recruitment for the time being, and the other part can be done by Xu Rui himself.
His expectations for the new electric animation are simple, Xu Rui plans to build it into a small personal studio first, starting with animated short films, which can take over short works such as commercials, game titles, and promotional videos, and then slowly expand.
Xu Rui is actually not too worried about money, in fact, with the current popularity of the voice of the stars, it is very simple for him to pull investment, in addition to asking, Xu Rui went to Weibo to register a verified account, and now the number of fans has reached 100,000, relying on these traffic alone, it is a lot of income.
In this era, the means of traffic monetization are still relatively rudimentary, but they are enough for Xu Rui.
At the beginning of Xu Rui's crossing, he had a plan, and the graduation show was a rare opportunity for people from the outside world to pay attention to, if Xu Rui dealt with it perfunctorily, and then wanted to rely on his own production after he graduated, to be honest, it was a little difficult.
Xu Rui no longer has classes, and his graduation has been completed, and now he is waiting for the final defense.
After thinking about it, Xu Rui changed his clothes, picked up the key and went out, and soon took the subway to Ningjiang High-tech Development Zone and came to the front of the Phantom Electric Animation Building.
He opened the iron gates, walked upstairs, and immediately opened the folder and counted the assets in the studio.
This is the old magic animation, in that era of hand-drawn animation that still needed to be made of celluloid, the most people in the studio were not computers, but a transparent writing table, and a shelf full of art versions and celluloids, and an old-fashioned camera on a table, which was the equipment used to make celluloid versions into film at that time, in that era, computers were not yet popular, and many times animation production was like an old movie, which was really cut out of film.
The paint had already dried, Xu Rui pulled out a file bag from the shelf, opened it, and inside was a somewhat faded celluloid version, he still remembered that when he was on Earth, he was very interested in this kind of thing when he was a child, but after growing up and entering the industry, the entire animation production industry has entered the digital industry, and he has basically not been exposed to these things.
Flipping it open, he found out that this is the famous work of phantom animation, one of the cards of "Little Deer Chachi".
This fifteen-year-old animation is the first animation created independently by Phantom Animation, using the anthropomorphism of animals that now seem a little naïve, and advancing the plot through the daily life between Chachi the deer and other animals in the forest, Xu Rui had to stay in front of the TV every Friday after school when he was a child and wait to watch this animation.
Familiar memories also happen on the earth, Xu Rui first watched animation also relied on the translated films broadcast by TV stations every night, from the four-wheel drive car running on the track, to the continuous climbing of the Genesis Mountain, from the unconscious Sky Eagle Warrior, to the magic card girl who is enlightened, it is these works that make Xu Rui devote himself to the animation career when he grows up, hoping to create dreams for people.
Xu Rui put the celluloid board back in the file bag, and soon found a roll of film in a white box, with the words "Little Deer Chaqi, Episode 35 Mastering" written on it, and traces of editing can be seen, this is the original film, and then sent to the TV station are copies of this volume.
"Thirty-five episodes I remember as ......"
He muttered to himself, some memories surfaced, Xu Rui came up with a bold idea, he came to the projection room, blew off the dust on the old projector, and after turning on the power, Xu Rui found that the old machine was still usable.
It took him a moment to load the film onto the projector, and with the ticking of the gears, the animation from fifteen years ago was projected back onto the yellowed screen.
The thirty-fifth episode of "Chaci the Fawn" is one of the several episodes of the anime that is trapped in the mountains with his friends in a blizzard and successfully escapes after an adventure.
Because the audio has been somewhat damaged, the animation is silent, but seeing the completely hand-drawn blizzard little by little, Xu Rui still feels the emotion that the animation once brought to him.
At this time, there was a noise at the door of the screening room, and Xu Rui immediately became alert, grabbed a bracket stick and walked over.
Few people pass by in the old park, so maybe it's a thief.
He raised his stick and poked his head out quickly, only to find that outside the screening room, there was a middle-aged uncle with a scruffy beard.
He looked to be about forty or fifty years old, with gray sideburns, a black crown on his head, a muscular build, large palms, a khaki coat, a crumpled shirt, corduroy trousers, and old leather shoes, and he looked like one of those laid-off workers who had nothing to do on the streets.
"Who are you?"
Xu Rui asked vigilantly, clenching the stick in his hand.
"No one has been in or out of here for more than ten years, who are you?"
The uncle spoke, his voice low, but he was not in a hurry.
"Legally, I'm the owner here."
Xu Rui lit up his key and said, he saw that this uncle was a little surprised when he saw the key, and probably confirmed that he was not a thief.
"Is this place finally sold?"
The uncle sighed with some emotion, looked around, and then spoke.
"I'm the administrator of the warehouse over there, I've been here for more than ten years, and today I saw the door of this building being opened, so I was curious to come up and take a look."
He pointed to a building in the distance, and when he looked back, he saw the clip playing in the screening room.
"You're still animating?"
"Oh yes......"
Xu Rui then remembered the crunching projector, he returned to the projection room, pressed the pause button, and the picture was frozen in the scene of the snowstorm.
"This animation is Fawn Chachi, my son used to like to watch it."
The uncle said nostalgically, looking at the mottled projection screen.
"Uncle, do you know this?"
Xu Rui also followed his line of sight and said to himself.
"The most commendable thing about this episode is this blizzard scene, it is said that the original artist burst his liver for a week, and painted more than 800 original paintings for this short two-minute clip, all the snowflakes are painted one by one, and the position of the same snowflake in different original paintings is different, making the whole picture have an amazing sense of oppression, and even become a nightmare for some children for many years......"
As he spoke, Xu Rui smiled again, realizing that what he said was not understood by the security uncle.
"Looks like you know a lot about animation."
The uncle said, a flash of appreciation flashed in his eyes, but it quickly dimmed.
"Yes, I'm going to rebuild the animation company here, and I'm taking inventory of the equipment."
Hearing Xu Rui's words, the uncle was quite surprised, looked this young man who looked very young up and down, and stopped talking.
"Since there's no problem, it's time for me to go back to duty, little brother, I'll see you again when I have a chance."
"Okay, uncle, go slowly."
Xu Rui watched the other party walk downstairs and cleaned up the screening room, only then did he think of a question, he picked up his mobile phone, checked the Internet, and suddenly found that the building that the storekeeper uncle pointed to just now had been empty five years ago, and there was no warehouse at all.