Ignoring the rush of self-recommendations from everyone, Mu Xiuxing thought about Huaying's work schedule.
Today, in Huaying, animation directors with independent directing ability and personnel who can undertake the production of a normal 26-episode animation can be combined into four production teams.
Dai Yuyan is in charge of "Cells at Work", and he is directly responsible for the art animation of the educational and entertaining series, but the progress of the original painting is extremely slow, which probably belongs to the negligible category. As for the upcoming "Spirit of the Halberd Eater", if there is no accident, as usual, he will only be in charge of the production of the first season, and it can be handed over to other directors at the beginning of the second season.
In addition, it’s time to start animation projects for the Sherlock Holmes series, “Sherlock” and “Storm in Las Vegas”.
Thinking of this, Mu Xingxing raised his eyes and looked at the people who were looking at him.
Forget about the Sherlock Holmes series. As far as the seriousness of the plot is concerned, this series is not suitable for adaptation in the form of animation. Even if it is adapted, it is not something that a few people at the current stage can handle. As for the remaining two...
"Just follow me in the water," Mu Xiuxing said simply and neatly: "Shenxia and Attack, you can choose one by yourself."
This "you" obviously refers to Fang Lian and Wen Feihang, who are currently fine.
Suddenly being called directly, Fang Lian and Wen Feihang were obviously stunned for a while, with some hesitation on their faces, but it was only for a moment. Counting it, the two have not officially directed independently in the past three years. Now After three years of experience, it was time to separate from his production team and try to work alone.
After figuring this out, the two of them quickly agreed. Fang Lian took away "Storm of Las Vegas", while Wen Feihang chose "Sherlock".
"Xiao Dai, just follow me for now." Mu Xiuxing said thoughtfully. "Working Cell" has been completed, and "The Spirit of the Halberd Eater" is destined to be short-lived and will be handed over to others sooner or later. It would be better to let Dai Yuyan get familiar with it first.
Giving Dai Yuyan the task of selecting people to form a production team, Mu Suxing took the original manga of "Spirit of the Halberd Eater" back to his office as usual, preparing for the animation script and shot design.
"Spirit of the Halberd Eater" tells a series of stories that happened during the process of the protagonist Xingping Chuangzhen entering the top cooking school "Yuanyue Academy", learning how to cook, communicating and competing with peers.
The plot is not very novel and unique. What is interesting is that the author of the original work used quite exaggerated techniques to express the charm of the food itself - if it is said that making normal food radiate a dazzling light, it is still within the range of understandable exaggeration. If the diners are intoxicated with delicious food, then the setting of exploding clothes when diners are intoxicated with delicious food is a bit of a sideline.
Shepherd Xing had seriously considered this issue before choosing "Spirit of the Halberd Eater".
First of all, it is undeniable that both the luminous dishes and the explosive clothing setting that make diners feel as if their souls are out of body when they eat the food are one of the features of "Shoji no Soul". In other words, these two points cannot be modified, nor can they not be modified.
In the eyes of those who don’t know, it may be easy to understand "The Spirit of the Halberd" as an episode. Due to the setting of explosive clothes, there are many nude scenes in the comics, but after all, the comics are different from the animation. Some scenes are in the comics. It seems that it does not bring people a sense of shame, but in animation with sound, it will inevitably give people a sense of shame.
In short, the setting of explosive clothing cannot be changed, but its length and extent must be reduced as appropriate. Explosive clothes can be a feature of "Spirit of Halberd Eater", but if it is reduced to the point where people mistakenly think it is Li Fan, then the gain outweighs the loss.
After all, in the final analysis, the core of "Spirit of the Halberd" is its own passionate and touching plot, rather than a comic work that simply relies on selling meat to gain sales.
…
The time comes to the end of the month.
With the blessing of the original work itself, and the points that had been tangled up in his heart were also resolved, Mu Xiu Xing's script progress became extremely fast. When Fang Lian and Wen Feihang were still bald for their respective debuts, Mu Xiu Xing Even the sub-camera design of the first ten episodes is almost done.
After distributing the written script to everyone, the Shepherd Star began to consider the location of the new headquarters.
"Obviously they are all comic adaptations, and you are still alone, why is your progress faster than ours?" Fang Lian was puzzled.
Unlike Musu Xing, who wrote the script alone, the animation scripts of Shenxia and the production team are in charge of the company's special screenwriters. Fang Lian and Wen Feihang play more of a general direction of control and supervision. For a while, the script of the production team where the two belonged has not yet been completed, and they are idle, so they simply came to enjoy the fun of "chasing fans" in advance.
Mu Su Xing said casually: "When you write a few more scripts and direct a few more animations, it will be so fast."
A few people chatted casually for a few gossips, and soon divided into two parts - Mu Xingxue, Du Yutang and others followed up to consider the location and design of the new headquarters, while Dai Yuyan, Fang Lian, Wen Feihang and others focused their attention on the new headquarters. Put it on the animation script and sub-camera design in front of you.
"How about Huichuan?" Mu Xingxue suggested.
As a famous new technology development zone in Xingning City, Huichuan has gathered a large number of large technology companies, representing the highest technical level of various industries in Xingning Province. It covers a wide range and is said to be the most prosperous core area in Xingning Province. It’s not an exaggeration.
"The environment around Huichuan is too noisy," Mu Xingxing shook his head: "Not to mention the precious land there, but the surrounding environment itself is not conducive to creation. I still prefer small towns with fewer people."
"How is Louwan Town?" Du Yutang said: "It's not too far from Xingning City, and the environment is good. It's a quiet small town. The only problem is that the transportation is not very convenient."
"Traffic is not a problem." Mu Xingxing turned the reference material in his hand to the page belonging to Louwan Town: "I plan to build it into a small habitat, and there will be no shortage of various daily necessities and venues. , it mainly depends on the specific environment and whether there is suitable land..."
The three of them were chatting about the location selection of Tianxin headquarters. Fang Lian didn't know what he saw over there. He suddenly patted Mu Xiuxing on the shoulder, with an "I understand you" expression on his face, and said seriously: "Ah Mu ,I admire you."
Wen Feihang acted a little more educated than his friends. He pondered: "Is this the legendary food and sex?"
Dai Yuyan coughed.
The two of them quickly shut up, not forgetting to wink at Mu Xing, which made Mu Xing's skin crawl. He put down the information in his hands and glared at the two of them angrily: "If you have something to say, please tell me. , don’t make faces.”
I also want to know, since several people have such a reaction, it seems that they have seen the scene of exploding clothes in "Spirit of Halberd Eater". This made the Shepherd Star also interested.
When he was doing the shot design, he consciously reduced the proportion of selling meat. In short, he wanted to avoid the scene of revealing clothes in the animation taking over the spotlight and making the audience who was originally immersed in the charm of food feel like they were in a drama due to inexplicable shame. , but after all, he can only represent himself. Now that he has come up with the storyboard script, he naturally wants to hear other people's opinions.
Fang Lian and Wen Feihang looked at me and I looked at you, as if they didn't know what to say.
So it was Dai Yuyan who spoke first.
As the only woman present, and as a director who has taken over harem dramas such as the second season of "IS", Dai Yuyan's setting for "The Spirit of the Halberd Eater" is actually not as good as Fang Lian and Wen Feihang imagined. Resisting, she said seriously: "I think the setting of this comic is very interesting."
Fang Lian & Wen Feihang: "Huh?"
When her eyes fell on the slightly bewildered expressions of the two, Dai Yuyan laughed instead: "Is it strange?"
She said frankly: "It is true that the vast majority of female audiences are disgusted by animations that sell meat, but "Spirit of the Halberd Eater" is different."
She stretched out her finger: "First of all, the meat-selling plot of "Spirit of the Shokugeki" is very frank and fair. It is not like those wretched animations that insult the audience's intelligence and half-cover it. Benefits, but equal treatment—regardless of men and women, and regardless of age, when all characters are immersed in delicious food, there will be clothing explosions.”
"Secondly, and most importantly," Dai Yuyan said naturally: ""Spirit of the Food Halberd" does a good job of embodying the charm of food, and the various dishes are also very creative. Even if it doesn't have a crazy setting, it It will still be an excellent food animation."
She concluded: "For "Shoku Halberd Soul", the setting of bursting clothes can only be regarded as the icing on the cake. This setting can make "Shoku Halberd Soul" become a typical food animation. Even if there is a phenomenon of following the trend, in the future When people mention this setting again, the first thing that comes to mind is still "Spirit of the Halberd Eater."
What makes the audience truly attracted and retained by "The Spirit of the Halberd Eater" is its own character setting and plot, not the grandstanding setting.
At this point, Dai Yuyan shrugged: "If other animation companies really think that the setting of bursting clothes is the core of food animation, and then follow suit, I think they will probably know how to write the word "Pujie" very soon. .”
Shepherd stared at her unexpectedly, but soon showed a faint smile.
Dai Yuyan was originally his scheduled director for the second season. It would be great if she could abandon the prejudice caused by her own gender and understand "The Spirit of the Halberd Eater" so thoroughly.
After confirming the general direction of "Spirit of Halberd Eater", several people began to discuss the scale of Explosive Clothes.
"It's best to modify this place a little bit. The manga looks very harmonious, but if the animation is combined with dubbing, it may be a bit..."
During the discussion among several people, Mu Xingxue on the other side also made a choice: "Then the location must be Louwan Town? What about the specific design?"
The floor plan Qin Sheng gave him that day was actually relatively complete, but after all it was just a brief design, and the specific style required further communication with professional designers. Mu Suxing thought for a while: "Let me first find out if there is a suitable designer... that's right."
As if remembering something, Mu Xingxing added: "Please help me investigate whether there are any vacant shops for rent in the food street in Xingning City. If suitable, you can rent them first and find someone to renovate them later." He said, His eyes turned to his assistant again: "Also, find someone to order a signboard for me, the name is—"
He thought of his huge plan that had finally unfolded slowly after three years, and subconsciously pulled a happy smile at the corner of his mouth: "Let's go to Xingping Hotel."
Chapter 133
Soon, Huaying announced its new headquarters relocation plan.
Since Huaying succeeded in developing two fields of games and comics after animation, Huaying's every move has become the focus of related industries. At this moment, it suddenly announced the site selection, design drawings and forecast of the new headquarters. The construction period is naturally also noticed by other companies.
There are three star-rated restaurants, two game rooms, a small cinema, three cafes, a gym and an open-air swimming pool behind the main building, a semi-open room facing the woods, and even a special chess and card room and a small bar.
In the main building, the small and old-fashioned "grid room" has also been replaced by office spaces with different styles - every animator can freely decorate his working environment according to his own preferences: fairy tale style, fantasy style, classical style , modern... As long as you want, you can even decorate your office to look like a coffee bar.
Ho Hongfeng noticed that in the design drawing provided by Huaying, there were large areas marked green, which were obviously intended to be used for greening.
Located in the empty space in front of the gate, there is a tree-lined path. The right side of the road is connected to the square of the headquarters. Not far away is a large green field. Further back, there are also basketball courts, tennis courts, and Three or two table tennis tables.
According to Huaying’s introduction, the new headquarters will cover an area of approximately 15 hectares and include three departments: animation, comics and games. When completed, the entire headquarters will be surrounded by two-meter-high railings and will only be accessible to Huaying employees and their families. open.
"Oh my god, is this really an office space? The gym and coffee shop are fine, and the game room and movie theater are also barely understandable. After all, Huaying also makes games. The question is... what the hell is the chess and card room? Manual @ Mahjong "Group of Four"
"??? It is strongly recommended to ban the chess and card rooms, otherwise your company will be pilled sooner or later!"
"It's terrible, I can already imagine the scene after the new headquarters is built: 'I have no inspiration, go to the chess and card room and play a few rounds of mahjong', 'The new game is on the market, go to the game room to test it', 'Celebrate xx animation /Comic sales exceeded
"Looking on the bright side, Xingxing's chance of successfully escaping in the future will be greatly reduced. After all, the road in front of the door is so long. Maybe he will be caught by the editor on a bicycle as soon as he goes out [dog head]"
Fans laughed and joked on Weibo where the design was released, wondering how a colleague like Hongfeng was shocked by Huaying's courage.
While most animation companies live in a corner of an office building, Huaying seems to have moved to the forefront. The office space is set up like a five-star hotel, comfortable and creative. All kinds of internal facilities are available, and it seems to have formed a small ecology.
On weekdays, you can work in the office space you designed yourself. When you are tired, you can enjoy yourself in the dedicated game room and movie theater. Considering the various sports venues on the design, the company may even hold small competitions every now and then...
For an animation worker, is there any more comfortable working environment than this?
If it weren't for the fact that he had his own animation company, Stanley Ho himself would almost be tempted.
As for those employees who originally worked at Huaying Animation, I am afraid they will only be more reluctant to leave Huaying, right?
And it is true.
The day after Huaying Animation announced the design of its new headquarters, resumes from all over Blue Star were flooded with the email inbox of Huaying’s Human Resources Department. Many employees from other animation companies couldn’t help but think of changing jobs. .
Having become a leading company in the industry, Huaying did not hesitate to spend a large amount of money to rebuild a brand new, world-class office space. Although the headquarters has not yet been built, such a move is enough to demonstrate Huaying's financial resources and ambitions.
The most direct benefit of this move is that the employees of Picture Pictures are more motivated to work. It was originally scheduled to take at least another week to complete the productions of "Sherlock", "Sherlock" and "The Fall of Ra". The animated PV of "Vegas" was completed three days ahead of schedule due to the hard work of all the animators.
As soon as the news was announced, fans who had not yet released a new film from Huaying suddenly became excited:
Needless to say, Shenxia and Gongzhuo, these two comics were popular works of "Huaying Manga" when they were serialized, and they themselves have a huge fan base. The animation has not yet started broadcasting, but its popularity is far ahead of other animation works in the same period. Pre-subscriptions from major video websites alone have reached 300,000 in just one week.
Even though "Spirit of the Shokugeki" is not as popular as the other two animations in the early stage, it has reached 250,000 viewers because of the long-awaited return of Mujie.
When Luo Gaofeng logged into the chat software on his computer, a certain animation group he was in was already chatting enthusiastically:
"I'm looking forward to the animated version of Shenxia. I don't know if the production team will add original TV plots. I hope it will focus on restoring the comics."
"I hope that the animation team can add a little more plot. The original comic is too short and not enough to read. If the plot is not added, it will probably be completed in less than 12 episodes."
Luo Gaofeng took a cursory glance at the chat history and found that most people's interests were mainly focused on Attack and Shenxia - this is inevitable, although they are also adaptations, and they are still being serialized in Huaying Comics not long ago and even now. , the popularity and attention are naturally much higher than "The Spirit of the Halberd Eater".
As for his own...
"I'm looking forward to more "Spirit of the Halberd Eater"," Luo Gaofeng typed in reply: "After all, I've read the comics of Attack and Shenxia. No matter how good the animated version is, the plot probably won't be too new. , for those who have never read the original manga like "Spirit of the Shokugeki", it would be more interesting to follow it."
After saying this, Luo Gaofeng directly closed the chat window - the animation PV of "The Spirit of the Halberd Eater" was released, and he had to rush to watch the PV.
Ignoring the chat group that was still under discussion, Luo Gaofeng clicked on the Yueqi video with ease, quickly found the "Spirit of the Halberd Eater" section located in the most conspicuous advertising space, and clicked in happily.
After briefly introducing the information of the production team, the animation PV will officially begin.
While the audience was watching the PVs of each of the three animations with great interest, Mu Xingxing had already left Huaying Animation, and went to the "Xingping Hotel" which had been renovated simultaneously and could be put into operation at any time with Du Yutang.
As Mujiuxing requested, Xingping Hotel finally opened in Xingning City's Qian'an Plaza. As the most prosperous central square in Xingning City and home to the most shopping malls, Qian'an Plaza also has a dedicated area for tourists and locals. It is a food street for people, and Xingping Restaurant is opened in the middle of this food street.
It was already eleven o'clock in the morning when the shepherd star arrived at the square.
As it approaches noon, the food street is crowded with people, and pedestrians carrying drinks and snacks can be seen everywhere. The air is filled with the delicious aroma of all kinds of food. Compared with the crowds of other stores, the Yukihira Hotel, which has not yet officially opened, The interior is quite the opposite quiet.
"If Mr. Mu has no other additional requirements, this will be the final decoration version." Du Yutang said.
Shepherd Xing looked at the interior of the hotel in front of him.
Since it is a derivative of an animated restaurant, the interior decoration of this hotel with the same name is naturally based on that of the "Shoji no Soro" anime. The difference is that there is an LCD TV hanging on the wall on the right side of the hotel. "Spirit of Soul" will be broadcast simultaneously with major websites.
In addition, the walls on both sides are scattered with animated wallpapers of "Shook Halberd Soul" - of course, considering that the audience of this restaurant is not just those who like "Shook Halberd Soul" Fans of animation, as well as passers-by who simply come here for food, mostly have large pictures of gourmet food on the posters on the walls.
After sweeping around the entire hotel, Shepherd Xing nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, that's it."
At this moment, the wall clock on the wall has already pointed to twelve o'clock in the noon.
All came, and it happened that the chef Mu Xingxue had hired in advance was also there, and Mu Suxing simply approached the restaurant to solve the lunch problem.
Probably in order to match the taste of Mu Suxing, the lunch brought by the chef is exactly the "Xing Pingliu imitation barbecue" that appeared in the first episode of "The Spirit of the Halberd". Some people believe that the dish in front of you is not a barbecue, but made of potatoes.
Before the official meal, Mu Suxing thought about it, took a photo and posted it on Weibo.
He seldom speaks on Weibo on weekdays, but now he suddenly cheated on his body, which immediately shocked many fans. Xing Muxu casually clicked on the comment area under Weibo. The painting style is clear and strange, and the inexplicable comments are stunned.
"Huaying's new headquarters looks quite expensive. Are you short of money, Xingxing? [Small tangle] If you are short of money, you can tell us directly. At any rate, we can also crowdfund to help you get some!"
"Xing Xing, tell the truth, is someone persecuting you? As long as you speak out, we promise we won't kill him [anger]"
"I feel sorry for our stars. Not only do I want to do animation and comics, but I am also forced to open a restaurant because of the funding problem of Huaying. This is too difficult!"
"Don't talk nonsense, let's not come here, where is the location of this restaurant? I will book it tomorrow!"
"Although I haven't tried it yet, I believe this restaurant must be super delicious!! Please save Xing Xing! It's best to come and support our Xing Xing. By the way, don't forget the five-star praise of the hotel! Thank you, thank you!"
Shepherd star:? ? ?
What happened?
Obviously he knows every word in the comment area, but why can't he understand it at all when it's put in a sentence?
Muxuexing was in a daze, forgetting about lunch for a while, when the manager of Yueqi Video over there suddenly called and announced the good news with great excitement: "Great news! The preview of "Spirit of the Shokugeki" The number of subscriptions has exceeded 300,000! It will soon overtake the other two! Mr. Mu, your marketing is really awesome, and the results are immediate!"
Mu Xingxing:...?
Marketing? who?
Lin Hanhai naturally didn't believe Mu Su Xing's so-called no-marketing theory, but seeing that the other party was confused and seemed to have no idea what happened, he still sent an address in a friendly manner.
Mu Xingxing clicks on the link.
Title: Shocked, why did the old dog thief go to the sea to shoot pictures? Is this a loss of morality or a distortion of human nature?
Content: [image.gif]
The animation in the main building is taken from a clip in the animated PV of "Spirit of the Halberd Eater". General shyness.
1st Floor:! ! !
Floor 2: Damn it! ! real or fake! ! Could it be that my dream is about to come true, and the dog thief is really going to go to sea for a film? ? ?
Floor 3: I can do this! I'm so good! Please tell me the title! I’m definitely following this new show!
Shepherd Star: ……………