In the face of Manager Zhou's inquiry, He Yun was silent.

At this moment, he smiled, looked at the other party, and said lightly: "I'm sorry, Manager Zhou, I can't solve your doubts, because so far, even I, the author, have not thought about the general plot of this cartoon." ”

He Yun was not perfunctory, but told the truth.

In the cartoon "The Origin of the White Snake", He Yun was originally going to copy the plot of the original time and space, but after thinking about it, he gave up again.

The reason for this is actually very simple!

He doesn't want to, that's all!

For him, every creation is a challenge, a challenge to himself.

And this is what he has always insisted on since his literary creation.

Zhou Fengying obviously didn't know about these, and at this moment, she couldn't help but be stunned after hearing He Yun's words.

"Uh........"

"Ahem...... Manager Zhou, about the plot of the cartoon, He Yun told us about it before, but later for some other reasons, he overturned the original plot, so ......." Wang Ruoyi saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, and immediately explained it.

"Oh..... Comrade Wang, can you tell me what the original plot was like? Zhou Fengying didn't seem to want to give up, she turned her head and set her eyes on Wang Ruoying again.

At this time, Wang Ruoyan did not rush to answer, but glanced at He Yun first, and saw that he nodded to himself, so he responded with a smile: "Of course you can!" ”

"Manager Zhou, the plot we discussed before is roughly like this, the story happened in the late Tang Dynasty, there was a snake catcher in Yongling County, Hunan Province, named Xu Xuan, one day, I met a white snake, the white snake spat out people, said that he was pregnant with a child, and begged the snake catcher to let go of his ........"

With Wang Ruoying's narration, Zhou Fengying's eyes became brighter and brighter.

After Wang Ruoyan finished narrating the general plot, she was silent for a while, and immediately said: "You guys have put Liu Zongyuan's "Snake Catcher Says" into the myth and legend of the White Snake, right?" “

"We do have this idea, after all, the legend of the White Snake is formed, it is generally believed that it was formed in the late Tang Dynasty, and after rich artistic processing in the Five Dynasties and Two Song Dynasties, it was widely circulated in Zhenjiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the more complete text is the drama script compiled by Feng Menglong in the Yuan Dynasty, so we are ready to draw on the things described in the work "The Snake Catcher Said", which also belongs to the great writer Liu Zongyuan in the late Tang Dynasty, to enrich the protagonists and supporting roles in this story."

"It's a good idea, but it has a lot of loopholes." Zhou Fengying snorted and said immediately.

As a professional animation talent of CCTV, she saw through the flaws of this script at a glance.

In fact, He Yun also noticed that there were too many loopholes in the previous script, so he finally gave up this idea of "grafting".

"That's right! He Yun also thought so, so he immediately gave up his original idea. Wang Ruoyan nodded and replied.

At this time, He Yun also said: "Manager Zhou, if you really want to cooperate with us, then wait for a while, what do you think?" ”

"No problem! I can wait! Zhou Fengying didn't think about it, so she agreed.

And this scene surprised He Yun and Wang Ruoyan very much, they didn't expect the person in front of them to agree without hesitation.

"Still, I'd like to see the first draft of the character design, okay?" Just when He Yun and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Zhou Fengying spoke to the two again.

And her words also made He Yun immediately glared at Wang Ruoyao, but he still nodded solemnly and agreed.

"Brother Wang, go and show the things to Manager Zhou!"

"Ahem...... OK OK OK ..... I'll be there right away! This will, Wang Ruoyan is also embarrassed.

Before that, he really didn't mention it to He Yun.

Fortunately, He Yun just glared at him and didn't blame him, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.

After a while, Wang Ruoying folded back again, and at this time, he had more than a dozen more sketches in his hand.

These drawings are all drawn by Wang Qiang according to He Yun's prompts, with several protagonists and a few supporting roles.

However, both the protagonist and the supporting characters are the characters in the previously envisioned plot, and as for the character modeling in the new script, it must not be possible to draw it now.

After all, there is not even a script, and the characters are naturally uncertain.

"Here, Manager Zhou! These are the characters we drew earlier, take a look! Wang Ruoying handed the sketch in his hand to Zhou Fengying and said.

After Zhou Fengying took the sketch, she didn't watch it immediately, but counted the number of sketches first, and then looked at them one by one.

A few minutes later, Zhou Fengying returned the sketch in her hand to Wang Ruoying, then nodded, and said with a smile: "The painting is really good, every character is very appropriate to the shape in the myth and legend, but there is one thing I don't understand, why the shape of these characters is very similar to a TV series "The Legend of the New White Lady" broadcast on CCTV recently?" ”

"Uh...... Ahem, Manager Zhou, let me explain this! At this moment, He Yun smiled awkwardly and hurriedly said.

"In fact, I was also inspired by this TV series, so I planned to create the script of this cartoon, so in terms of character design, it is inevitable that I will be influenced by that TV series."

Well, that's really embarrassing.

It is precisely because of this that he finally gave up the original script and recreated it instead.

"I see." Although Zhou Fengying was a little puzzled, she still nodded.

She didn't dwell on this matter anymore, but looked at He Yun and said again: "Comrade He Yun, I think let's talk about it today, I still have some things to deal with, so I'll leave first!" ”

"Then I'll send you!"

"No, you don't! No! Stay! Stay! ”

Zhou Fengying soon left.

But Wang Ruoyan frowned, as if in deep thought.

Seeing him like this, He Yun turned around and walked outside.

But at this time, Wang Ruoyan suddenly stopped him: "He Yun, wait a minute, there is something, I still have to discuss it with you." ”

"Discuss with me? Wouldn't it be better for you to make your own decisions? He Yun said with a smile.

Hearing He Yun's words, Wang Ruoyan's face was full of embarrassment.

He understood that He Yun was "blaming" him.

After all, just now, he made his own decision and told Zhou Fengying about the sketch, but he didn't discuss it with him in advance.

"He Yun, He Yun! You dissipate your anger first, I know that what happened just now was my fault, I apologize, really, I sincerely apologize to you, but I really have to discuss this matter with you next! ”

"Say it! What the hell is going on? Seeing Wang Ruoyao's hippie smile, He Yun turned around and sat down again.

"Actually, in addition to today's manager Zhou, there is another company that wants to cooperate with us, but in the end I refused."

"Hmm...... How did I not know this? He Yun's eyes widened, and his gaze looked directly at Wang Ruoyan.

"Uh...... The other party called, you were not there at the time, it was me who answered the phone, and it was a deputy director of the Modu Art Film Studio who called, but the conditions they put forward were very harsh, so I directly refused. ”

"Modu Fine Arts Film Studio? Are they ready to work with us too? What are the terms of cooperation they proposed? He Yun was also stunned when he heard Wang Ruoyan's words.

"They said that they wanted us to provide the script and the production team, and after working with them, the work had to be named after them, and they said that it would be divided into five or five points."

"! Why should I agree to such harsh conditions! You're right! He Yun was also furious.

I really don't know what this deputy director has in his head? Obviously, there is a request for others, but it is still a lofty posture, refusing to bow his head, if this continues, the Modu Art Film Studio will be finished sooner or later! In fact, for the Modu Art Film Studio, He Yun is not only angry, but more of a pity.

You must know that since entering the 90s, this animation production base, known as "Oriental Disney", has rapidly begun to decline.

The main reason, in addition to not keeping up with the changing times, is the confusion of the ideas of the upper leadership and the loss of talents.

But even so, the leadership still has a condescending posture, and there is no feeling that they have begun to fall behind.

This attitude will not only bring more and more negative influences to the Modu Art Film Studio, but also disappoint the new generation of animators, and then go to other animation production bases.

In this way, the Modu Art Film Studio fell into a dead loop.

That is, the lack of attention from the upper leaders and the lack of talents at the lower levels, and so on, year after year, the Modu Art Film Studio will eventually go to the brink of disappearing.

..........

A few days later, one of He's papers was published.

The recommender is none other than Professor Liu.

The journals published are internal academic journals of Kyoto Normal University.

Don't look at the academic journals within the school, but the impact factor of academic journals is not low at all.

What's more, just a week later, another of He's papers was published in another academic journal.

Two academic papers were published in a row, making He Yun, an undergraduate university teacher at Kyoto Normal University, famous in the academic circle of ancient literature.

Of course, this also laid a solid foundation for his Ph.D. graduation.

According to Professor Liu's words, you He Yun are only one step away from getting your doctorate certificate.

..........

Let's talk about this day, in Professor Liu's office.

As soon as He Yun came in, Professor Liu stood up directly and walked over to him: "He Yun, look at this!" ”

"Professor, what is this?" He Yun asked as he took the things that Professor Liu handed over.

"Huh..... You'll see for yourself if you look at it. Professor Liu smiled mysteriously, looked at He Yun and said.

He Yun saw that he was mysterious, so he lowered his head and looked at the paper in his hand.

After a while, he was directly stunned.

At this moment, he was stunned!

"I ...... Is this a successful associate professor? This ...... It's true? ”

Associate professor!

Such a title is too dazzling for a young man who is only twenty-six or seventeen years old.

Of course, then again, He Yun was able to be rated as an associate professor, in addition to his status as a writer, the most important thing is his contribution to ancient literature.

If there is no real material, he will definitely not be rated as an associate professor.

"Of course it's true! Can I still lie to you, this notice has already come down, white and black, all stamped, how can it be fake? Seeing that He Yun was a little unbelievable, Professor Liu immediately glanced at him and couldn't help but say.

"But...... Doesn't it mean that it will take at least another year? Now that's too fast, right? I only ...... when I applied."

"Of course, it's a special event! Originally, at this time last year, you could have been rated, but because of the paper, you were stuck, and two days ago, didn't you publish two highly professional academic papers in one go? Coupled with the strong recommendation of me and a few old guys, this matter is naturally a matter of course! ”

"I see! Professor! Thank you so much this time! After listening to Professor Liu's narration, He Yun immediately thanked him.

"Ahem..... If you want to thank the old horse, thank you! He personally wrote a letter of recommendation to ...... Never mind! Let's talk about something else! ”

When Professor Liu said this, he seemed to be afraid of something, and he didn't say any more, he changed the topic, and then said: "Next week, you prepare well, we will go to Kyoto University for another half a month of retreat to complete the third phase of academic research, this is the last time, you have to grasp it well, understand?" ”

"I understand, Professor! I'll take care of it! Of course, He Yun understood the meaning of Professor Liu's words.

Indeed, in such a national project, it is the most reliable to do things with peace of mind and work seriously, and don't think that it is great to be rated as an associate professor.

You must know that most of the people who participated in the academic research this time are at the professor level, and there are even some famous scholars in the country.

"Hmm...... It's good that you know! Professor Liu was secretly relieved when he saw that He Yun understood the meaning of his words.

He was really afraid that He Yun would get carried away because he was rated as an associate professor, and his tail was cocked to the sky.

"Alright, you go to class first!" Professor Liu then said another word to He Yun, and then waved his hand and let him leave temporarily.

.........

Regarding the news that He Yun was rated as an associate professor, because only a few people knew about it before, and he didn't want to publicize it, so naturally this matter did not make any big waves.

However, when He Yun returned home, he still shared the good news with his family.

When Gao Yunyan learned that He Yun was rated as an associate professor, she was naturally very happy, as for He Yun's mother Gong Yue, she didn't have a big reaction, in her eyes, even if her son became the president of the university, it was also her son.

Of course, it is impossible for He Yun to be the principal, and it is even difficult for the dean.

After all, he doesn't aspire to be an official, so he won't be a school leader at all.

What's more, at his young age, he can't be the leader of the school.