Hello 1983

"Little guy, you've made me miserable." A man wearing reading glasses came over, and stretched out his hands to pull the braids of the antenna of the fourth child.

what?

The little fourth child blinked his big eyes in surprise.

Then I heard the old man say: "It turns out that in order to save money, the seven calabash dolls are exactly the same, except for the different colors."

"As a result, if you do this, we have to draw seven, which increases the workload and costs. What do you think should be done?"

Only then did the fourth and fifth realize that the old man was joking with them.

The fourth little one smiled and said, "Grandpa, why don't we give you more money."

"Oh, how much do you add, give it to me now, I'll buy popsicles."

This old man is also an old child, looking at the four and five cute, he is here to tease the children.

There was a lot of laughter in the office. They thought, how much money the little girl can give, isn't it just to buy a popsicle.

The little fourth grinned again, and said generously: "Shan Xing and I together can come up with hundreds of thousands. If not enough, there is my elder brother."

The office was instantly quiet, and everyone stared blankly at the two little girls.

"You're not old, and you have a good tone. You know how much a few hundred thousand is. We only spent a total of 10,000+ yuan for this cartoon." The old man pretended to be the fourth child to brag.

But Liu Qingshan's heart was moved when he heard it: Maybe, we can really seek cooperation.

Chapter 519 Just say you dare to take it?

Domestic cartoons have had a glorious history. Before the liberation, the Wan brothers once filmed the influential "Princess Iron Fan".

The founder of the new manga in the island country, Osamu Tezuka, started to create manga after watching this cartoon.

His iron arm Astro Boy actually has the shadow of Monkey King.

After liberation, classic animations such as Havoc in Heaven and Nezha in the Sea were filmed.

Developed to the 80s, ushered in the second spring of animation, such as Calabash Baby, Avanti, Black Cat Sheriff, etc., have grown up with several generations.

Only later, due to financial and institutional reasons, the development of domestic animation was restricted, which led to the occupation of the screen by cartoons from island countries, Europe and the United States.

Thinking of this incident, Liu Qingshan still feels very regretful: In fact, in the 80s, everyone was pretty much the same, even if they were slightly behind, there was hope of catching up.

Now that he, Wu Tong and the others have formed Qingshan Animation Company, they may be able to cooperate with Shangmei.

Aoyama Animation now only has two cartoonists, and they do not have the ability to produce cartoons. The two sides can completely complement each other.

Those staff members began to work on their own again, and they only treated the words of the little brother as children's words.

Director Hu was also busy, and only the old man who was teasing the fourth child just now, Grandpa Zhou, led the two little people to visit and explain.

Liu Qingshan also approached enthusiastically and listened.

They have the paper-cutting department here, besides, there are puppet animation, ink animation and so on.

The most famous puppet animation is Avanti, ink animation, such as little tadpoles looking for their mother.

The fourth and fifth children also gradually understood the production process of cartoons. It turned out that it was really hard work and needed to be drawn frame by frame.

Before there was no computer, these were all done by hand, and the workload was really heavy.

As for the cost of production, this is really not easy to calculate. In addition to the various materials needed, there is also everyone's salary.

Grandpa Zhou was cheerful, and he was not bothered by the two little girls asking this and that.

It was only then that Liu Qingshan found out: it turns out that the gourd brothers all look exactly alike, and it was really to save costs.

Because the funds are limited, so how to save money is how to get it. For this reason, Director Hu gave full play to democracy, asked everyone to brainstorm, and whoever came up with a good idea would reward a chicken.

In this day and age, a chicken is very expensive, and it is good to improve life.

"You two little dolls will ask Xiao Hu for two chickens soon." Grandpa Zhou was still joking.

Liu Qingshan also heheed twice, but there was something special in his heart, somewhat bitter:

It was under such a crude situation that everyone worked overtime to create such a classic cartoon.

But why doesn't it work later?

So he said: "Mr. Zhou, there are only thirteen episodes of Calabash Baby, which is too short. Why don't you shoot more? The cartoons in the island country are all hundreds of episodes or thousands of episodes?"

"These thirteen episodes have been produced for two years."

Elder Zhou knew that Liu Qingshan was an outsider, so he didn't care, and explained casually.

Liu Qingshan chuckled twice: "Hey, actually we can also have a continuous fight. After fighting the scorpion spirit, there will be a snake spirit. After defeating the snake spirit, there will be a black bear spirit."

"It's just like Journey to the West, fighting monsters and eliminating monsters along the way, experiencing ninety-nine and 81 difficulties."

In fact, many cartoons in island countries follow this routine, and hundreds of episodes are commonplace.

Just like Dragon Ball, one martial arts tournament can be watched for several years.

Grandpa Zhou also smiled: "If the funds are sufficient, of course there is no problem, but the appropriations from above are very tight, Xiao Liu, do you know how much money has been allocated to our cartoon?"

"Grandpa Zhou, how much is it?" the little fourth asked again.

"A total of 6 yuan." The old man made a gesture of six.

"Wow, so few!" The fourth and fifth children said in unison.

Liu Qingshan only had admiration in his heart. He felt that these staff members did not lack skills, let alone the spirit of assiduous study. The only thing that could hinder them was money.

And this is precisely the last thing that should be a stumbling block.

"Grandpa Zhou, Shan Xing and I also have an idea. When we make a sequel, can we add two gourd girls?"

The little old four blinked his big eyes and asked.

Haha, Mr. Zhou guessed the intentions of the two little girls all at once, and touched their heads with a smile: "Who knows if we can make a sequel?"

"Definitely."

Liu Qingshan said something confidently, because it was the fact that Calabash Baby was the only cartoon that was allowed to continue shooting a sequel, which shows its popularity.

Another classic animation of the same period, Black Cat Sheriff, is amazing, but it ended abruptly after filming five episodes.

Children all over the country at that time remember very clearly. At the end of the fifth episode, the black cat sheriff took out a small pistol and typed four words: Please see the next episode.

As a result, after waiting for decades, I didn't see it.

Thinking of this, Liu Qingshan asked casually: "Old Zhou, why didn't Chief Black Cat stop filming?"

"You're talking about Lao Dai's film, Lao Dai has been retired." Zhou Lao let out a long sigh.

Retired?

Liu Qingshan understands a little bit: things in the system are very complicated.

He murmured subconsciously: "It's good to retire..."

It turned out that inside the room, several eyes were shot at him, all with strong dissatisfaction.

Liu Qingshan quickly added another sentence: "It's good to retire, our company is just short of manpower, we can hire them."

"Your company, what company?" Mr. Zhou asked suspiciously.

Before Liu Qingshan could answer, the fourth child rushed to raise his little hand: "We are Qingshan Animation Company."

Everyone shook their heads together, they were all insiders, and they had never heard of it.

The film studios at the moment, including the art film studios, are all state-owned units.

Liu Qingshan said with a smile: "Our company was registered in the island country. It's just started. We started serializing two comics last year."

"It's beautiful, one is Chibi Maruko."

"One is the little master of China."

The fourth and fifth children rushed to answer.

Inside the room, a young man suddenly interjected: "These two comics seem to be very popular in the island country, and they will definitely be made into cartoons!"

Now, everyone dare not underestimate it anymore: it must be quite impressive to stand out in the island countries.

Mr. Zhou's eyebrows also trembled a few times: "Xiao Liu, do you want me to contact Lao Dai for you?"

He, an old naughty boy, is going to retire soon, so he was a little moved when he heard Liu Qingshan said that he could recruit.

"Okay, okay, that's really troublesome for you."

Liu Qingshan also nodded vigorously. If he can really recruit troops for Qingshan Animation this time, he will make a lot of money.

Even Director Hu joined in. He originally thought that Liu Qingshan was an irrelevant person, but unexpectedly he was with him.

It's just that one is public and the other is private.

In the past two years, everyone has gradually realized that the private economy has developed rapidly, so they are not as contemptuous as they used to be.

Even gradually began to envy, the reason is very simple: the salary is high.

"There are too few funds allocated from above. Many times, we are also clever women who can't afford to live without rice." Director Hu complained.

Just like the opening song of the Calabash Brothers, the soundtrack is actually an electronic keyboard, can you believe it?

Elder Zhou also nodded vigorously: "The factory is getting more and more depressed, and a lot of young people have come, and they are idle and have no work to do."

Liu Qingshan knows that there are many reasons for the decline of this industry, but funds definitely rank first.

This situation is actually very serious.

Because cartoons will affect people from generation to generation, this kind of influence is much greater than that of movies.

When I was a child, when I was shaping my personality, all I saw on TV were cartoons from island countries and the United States. This must be a problem.

After thinking for a while, Liu Qingshan suddenly said: "I don't know if you go to the US factory, can you engage in contracting?"

The people around had gathered around, and when they heard this, they were all stunned: They really hadn't thought about this question.

After a long time, Mr. Zhou took the lead to speak: "Comrade Xiao Liu, this is something that the leaders above need to consider. It's no use if you ask us. We people just work."

"What our Qingshan Animation lacks is work, and there is no shortage of leaders."

Liu Qingshan also replied with a smile, the hoe in his hand was already raised high.

This remark made many people feel a little bit moved, but they quickly shook their heads again: they still don't want to part with this iron rice bowl.

Only Zhou Lao said cheerfully: "Comrade Xiao Liu, my old man is going to retire soon, do you want it?"

"Of course, the salary will be doubled, and by the end of the year, additional bonuses will be awarded according to the completion of the work."

Liu Qingshan said loudly.

Inside the room, there was an air-conditioning sound immediately: Double the salary!

"You, don't ask me what I do, if I serve tea and sweep the floor."

Zhou Lao smiled and pointed Liu Qingshan with his finger.

Liu Qingshan also cheerfully replied: "That is also necessary. At least you have rich work experience and know where to put the water cup so that it will not be knocked over and everyone's work will not be affected."

Elder Zhou was overjoyed immediately: "Xiao Liu, you are planning to buy a horse bone with a lot of money."

They are all old and mature, of course you can see Liu Qingshan's thoughts, but the double salary really makes everyone excited.

It is a pity that there is no precedent for contracting a film studio, and it is probably not enough.

Liu Qingshan also knows that this matter cannot be rushed and needs to be done step by step. In fact, not only art film studios, but also ordinary film studios have basically stagnated for more than 20 years.

It can even be said that during this period of time, domestic movies have not advanced but retreated, so they have been left further and further away by others.

Chatting and chatting, before they knew it, it was time to get off work, Liu Qingshan led the two little girls, and followed the off-duty team out of the Shangmei Factory.

The employees basically all rode bicycles. Even Mr. Zhou was pushing a [-] bar, chatting with Liu Qingshan while walking, and they were going to visit the home of Director Dai together.

Liu Qingshan helped him push the cart, bought a few bottles of good wine on the way, happened to pass by the Little Shaoxing Deli Restaurant, and bought some food.

In this era, most employees live in family rooms. After walking around for half an hour, Mr. Zhou pointed to an old four-story building in front of him and said, "Here we are."

His house is also here, locked the bicycle in the carport downstairs, and led Liu Qingshan upstairs.

When passing by the second floor, he told his wife by the way that he would not be eating at home, and then led Liu Qingshan and the others up to the fourth floor.

"Old Dai, are you at home, I brought you a distinguished guest today."

As soon as old man Zhou yelled, many people greeted him cheerfully.