Best wishes for animation production

the next day.

YUKI Studio.

In the conference room.

Everyone in the studio is together again.

Because there was not much space, everyone sat on both sides of the conference table, shoulder to shoulder, which made it seem a little crowded.

But everyone didn't mind such a trivial matter, and instead showed excitement on their faces.

"You should have seen or heard the news."

The meeting was still chaired by Gu Xue.

She stood at the front of the conference table and quietly announced the good news that everyone had known for a long time.

"We launched a crowdfunding campaign for the sequel to "Little Witch Academia" online. In three hours, we raised 400,000 US dollars, and one night later, the amount had increased to 500,000 US dollars."

"..."

Everyone present finally couldn't help it anymore and laughed, and some even clenched their fists excitedly.

Although I already know the good news.

But it was still very exciting to actually hear the news from Gu Xue.

this means.

The works I have worked hard on before have been recognized and liked by the audience.

The studio is also alive.

It’s still a theatrical animation!

Gu Xue waited for a while, and after their excitement subsided a little, he continued: "As you can see, this crowdfunding is to produce a theatrical version, and we succeeded. "Little Witch Academia" Theater The version of the project officially starts today and has entered the planning stage. As for the candidates... there are only so many people in YUKI Studio, so you can’t decide whether to participate or not."

"However, with the capabilities of our studio, it is indeed difficult to make a theatrical animation. This is also a fact."

"Outsourcing is definitely inevitable. Let's not talk about animation cuts and the like, backgrounds are definitely needed, and the original painting... In fact, I hope that it can all be completed in the studio, but I also know that this is simply impossible, unless the release date is unlimited. The deadline has been postponed... So everyone, although we have got this opportunity, we still have a long way to go."

After telling the good news, Gu Xue softly told a cruel fact.

YUKI Studio is a small workshop after all, and it is really difficult to complete the theatrical animation.

Unless Gu Xue took over half of the original painting work, Misawa Hiroshi's words yesterday made her suddenly realize that this would definitely not last long.

It's okay to save the situation at critical moments, but if it happens every time, the studio will really rely on Gu Xue.

And Gu Xue himself may not be able to bear it.

Everyone in the conference room sighed after hearing Gu Xue's words.

They also know this to be true.

"Of course, you don't have to be so pessimistic." Gu Xue suddenly laughed again, "Although the current scale of the studio is indeed small, it does not mean that it will be like this in the future. At least... now we have a large amount of funds. "

"That's my plan."

"The studio has begun to recruit people on a small scale, mainly recruiting talented art, original painting and animation staff, as well as photography staff. If the time is right, they will be allowed to participate in the production of the theatrical version of "Little Witch Academia". Everyone Responsible for the guidance, although we cannot complete this theatrical version independently, but I hope we can..."

No one raised any objections, and everyone's expressions were the same. Since they chose to change jobs, they had already been mentally prepared.

All for the sake of... the studio!

Seeing that they showed no obvious expressions of resistance, Gu Xue breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Next is the staff arrangement for the theatrical version of "Little Witch Academia". First of all, the supervision... will be changed to me."

Everyone nodded, and they had no objections to this point.

Originally, Misawa Hiroshi was in name only...

The bald Misawa Hiro, who was sitting in the corner like a gangster...seeing the normal expressions on everyone's faces, although he had no grudges in his heart, he was still very angry.

"Misawa Hiroshi will serve as deputy director and performance assistant." Gu Xue continued, "I will still be the painting supervisor, but two more assistant painting supervisors will be added, namely Yoneyama and Horiuchi. The two of you have previously served as the backbone original painters. The person will be in charge, the art director will be Dong Runyi, and the color design...well, uh, it's the same as before."

Sitting on the stool, he froze in place with a look of anticipation and eagerness to try out the color design.

"In addition, after the studio recruits new people, although everyone has to try their best to help the new people, the ones who are mainly responsible for guidance are still the ones just now. The original paintings are assisted by two painting supervisors, and Dong Runyi is responsible for the art staff. The photography is done by Mr. Yamamaru, and as for the animator... Chen An."

"Huh?" Chen An was startled.

Gu Xue said with some guilt: "Are you willing to be an animation inspector? For now."

There was nothing she could do.

There are only so many people in the studio.

You can only find someone to take over first.

"no problem."

Chen An immediately agreed without any hesitation.

Gu Xue breathed a sigh of relief, "That's the temporary arrangement. Please prepare next time..."

"Wait a minute." Misawa Hiroshi called her in a low voice, "Storyboards, scripts, character designs..."

"Oh..." Gu Xue changed the topic, "I forgot to mention that I have finished drawing the storyboard and the character design. Of course, it has not been finalized yet. I will inform you of the discussion meeting later..."

"..."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then said in unison: "Huh?"

? ? ?

What's the meaning?

Didn’t we just crowdfund yesterday?

What does it mean to storyboard well?

What does it mean when character design is completed?

What does symposium mean?

Gu Xue scratched her face and said sheepishly: "I started painting a few days ago, just to save everyone's time."

Everyone: "..."

A few days ago?

Misawa looked around and glanced at everyone's faces, with a bitter smile on his face.

Now you know how I felt...

It's not fun...

…

The meeting was dissolved.

Gu Xue has already said some things they need to know.

As for the construction period and finding investment, they don't need to know yet. Gu Xue can just discuss this with Miss Mihara.

"Ms. Mihara, please screen the investors who come to negotiate with us and find a reliable investor who can give us a free hand."

Because of the success of crowdfunding, people have already come to contact the studio.

Currently, these people are being received by Miss Mihara, assisted by Hiroshi Misawa...

It sounds very unreliable...

But until we find the right person, we can only let Miss Mihara come.

Gu Xue should trust her.

As for letting Gu Xue go on her own, that’s not impossible...

But there is only one Gu Xue.

"Okay." Mihara Chisa nodded.

Clean and crisp.

"Gu Xue."

Misawa Hiroshi also stayed in the conference room. Seeing that the two stopped talking, he seemed to have thought of something and interjected: "The animation is about to start production, what about the crowdfunding gifts..."

"Ah?" Gu Xue didn't react.

"Didn't you say you were going to draw a thank you picture for the crowdfunder? Are you too busy to come over..."

Gu Xue: "..."

Almost forgot.

"How many people?" Gu Xue had an ominous premonition when she saw Sanzeguang's expression.

"Thousands of people... Currently, more than 3,000 people have participated in the crowdfunding. According to what you said at the time, every ten people would draw a different thank you picture. You need to draw 300 pictures now..."

"..."

Gu Xue looked desperate.

so much? ? ?

"How about painting them all the same?" Sanzeguang saw Gu Xue's expression and made a suggestion.

"..."

Gu Xue was silent for a long time, took a deep breath and said, "No, just call Sato Ei."

Misawa Hiro: "What do you want her to do?"

"Just scream."

"……All right."

Misawa went out to call for help.

Sato Ei also came to the conference room quickly.

"Hey hehe... Senior, what's the matter?"

Sato Ei had a silly smile on her face.

Gu Xue walked up to her, raised her hand and patted her shoulder, and said seriously: "Sato-chan, do you want to help with the painting supervision?"

Sato Ei: "Ah...?"

"Really? Then now you are also a beautiful woman as the supervisor."

"Eh……"

Sato Ei's voice rose with a look of disbelief.

The previous chapter roughly explained the issue of currency. The money currently used by Gu Xue is approximately equivalent to RMB, while the money used to make animations is converted from Japanese yen.

Sorry, it has never been explained clearly.

The last chapter was released, so there were a lot of problems in the last paragraph, which have been corrected...

Also, I have always wanted the novel to maintain a certain degree of rationality, but it has become increasingly difficult recently. If I had more time, it might be okay, but when I go to work every day, I only have less than four hours of coding time. It is indeed very difficult. If you point out any very unreasonable things in the future, it will be fine. I will pay more attention to the comment area.

In addition, when I write novels, I am actually trying to cross the river by feeling the stones. I can only rely on my feelings on how to write. I hope you will not be disappointed...