Best wishes for animation production

The original painting work has come to an end.

Gu Xue sat on the chair, thought for a while, and then asked: "Music, sound... By the way, Miss Mihara, have you contacted the voice actor agency?"

"got engaged."

Gu Xue asked cautiously: "The asking price won't be doubled again, right? If this happens, I will really find a homeless person, otherwise I will let Sato Ei take it."

"No...but because of the introduction of new characters, the budget is still much higher than the future animation plan, about twice as much..."

"ah……"

Gu Xue suddenly held both sides of her head, looked up to the sky and sighed.

Money, money.

Money is really needed everywhere.

It costs money to rent a recording studio, it costs money to edit, it costs money to produce background music, it costs money to be a voice actor, it also costs money to produce sound effects...

Just sell me out!

I really am not a boss, so I don’t know how much pressure I feel during this period.

There was only one investor in the theatrical version of "Little Witch Academia", and YUKI Studio accounted for the majority of the investment. Gu Xuehua felt particularly distressed about her own money.

At some point, Gu Xue really had the idea of ​​​​finding a homeless man to make music, and then let Sato Ei be the voice actor.

But she only dared to think about it.

Industry specializing in surgery.

She knows this better than anyone else.

She can make suggestions and requests, but she might as well forget about sending a layperson.

It's better not to challenge other people to eat with your hobbies.

For example, a voice actor suddenly said that he was also in the animation production industry, and his usual hobby was painting, so he wanted to join YUKI Studio as an original painter, and he also wanted to compete with Gu Xue...

This is impossible.

"Just be content."

Seeing Gu Xue's distressed face, and even picking up a pencil to scribble on the paper and calculating the money, Misawa was a little funny, "More than 1.5 million US dollars, the production time is more than 50 minutes, even The theatrical version is less than an hour long, and you have taken on most of the difficult painting tasks yourself... Other expenses are already considered a small amount of money. After deducting the production budget given by Small Company, there should be more than one million US dollars left. few."

"You don't know how miserable other companies are, just take a look at our crowdfunding website."

Gu Xue raised her head and asked, "What happened to the crowdfunding website?"

"Isn't our crowdfunding for "Little Witch Academia" a big success? I don't know if other companies are jealous or not, so they have also posted their works on the website and started crowdfunding, including participating in last year's Animation Future Several companies are planning.”

"Is there still such an operation?" Gu Xue's eyes widened slightly, "Have they raised money by deceiving...?"

"You'll know just by looking at it."

Gu Xue glanced at Misawa Hiroshi suspiciously. After thinking about it, she took out her mobile phone and opened the crowdfunding website. She found that there were indeed many animation-related crowdfunding projects on the crowdfunding website.

After sighing, "It's so easy to cheat people out of money," Gu Xue entered the two keywords "animation" in the search bar.

A bunch of projects popped up.

Gu Xue sorted them by the latest release time and looked at the first one.

【Dark Night】

This film "Dark Night" is an outstanding entry in the 7th Animation Future Planning Project.

Fundraising goal: US$150,000/Raised: US$2,113.

This project has been pending for several days.

Gu Xue raised her head, "...Which company does this work, which only raised a few thousand yuan through crowdfunding, come from?"

She has been busy recently and has really not watched this work.

Misawa Hiroshi said expressionlessly: "CDD Animation Workshop, the rumored gold prize work."

Gu Xue: "..."

She was speechless and scrolled down.

I found that most animation-related projects have very high fundraising goals, but only a few thousand dollars are raised.

It’s still hard to cheat money from a dead house...

Scroll down again.

Gu Xue saw an even stranger one with a lower amount.

I set a goal of 200,000 U.S. dollars and spent seven days raising only six dollars...

Gu Xue burst out laughing, raised her phone, faced Misawa Hiroshi and Miss Mihara, and said, "There's even a six-yuan one."

Misawa's face remained expressionless: "This is an original work that my old club wants to make, and I invested the six yuan."

Gu Xue: "..."

Chisa Mihara: "..."

"You are really brave." After a moment of silence, Gu Xue put the phone back on the workbench, a little funny.

Misawa gritted his teeth and said: "They are overestimating their capabilities. They really think that the audience's money is easy to deceive. Our "Little Witch Academia" is doing well and is popular in Europe and the United States. It is only with your blessing that we can raise the funds." Money. What do they have? They can’t even do the most basic thing of making the audience like the work.”

"Why are you so resentful?" Gu Xue smiled, "They think it's easy to cheat the dead house's money, so let them cheat. Why are you so angry? It's not like "Little Witch Academia" only raised six yuan... "

"I'm really unwilling to give in." Hiroshi Misawa touched his head, "Look, those crooked melons and jujubes can actually be ranked in front of "Little Witch Academia", so I'll give us a bronze reward. It’s really hell.”

When Gu Xue heard his words, she didn't react at first.

It dawned on her when she saw the date in the lower right corner of the computer screen.

Today, May 1st, is the day when the Animation Future Planning Committee officially reveals the gold, silver, and bronze award-winning works.

No wonder Misawa Hiro is so resentful.

At this time, Gu Xue was also a little depressed.

"I haven't received any new notification from my old employer. For example, the work that won the gold medal was wrong. The one that won the gold medal was actually "Little Witch Academia" or something..."

"How is it possible? The people in the association are notoriously stubborn. Their works are very popular. The amount of crowdfunding is as high as 1.5 million US dollars. How could they care? Moreover, the list of winners was almost all semi-publicly informed to the animation. If you change the company now, wouldn’t it be a slap in the face for you to change your order now? They are not that stupid.”

"just in case……"

"Nothing unexpected."

Misawa took out his mobile phone, opened the official website of Animation Future Project, turned the phone over, and faced the screen with Gu Xue.

Above, the works that won the gold, silver and bronze awards have been listed. As expected, there is no "Little Witch Academia". The gold award is "Dark Night", which only raised a few thousand US dollars.

Gu Xue: "..."

Very disappointed.

But it didn't take long for her to be disappointed. Gu Xue soon discovered something was wrong.

etc.

Isn't it a bronze reward?

Why are there no bronze awards?

Gu Xue stood up while holding on to the table, approached Misawahiro's phone, stretched out her finger and slid down the page.

When she reached the bottom of the row, Gu Xue suddenly laughed.

"It seems that the people in the association are not as stubborn as you said."

Gu Xue sat back on the chair with a smile on her face.

Misawa turned over the phone with some confusion and looked at the screen.

[Best Animation Future Project of the Year: "Little Witch Academia\