My Animation Era

  Chapter 295 Cooking Instruction (for subscription)

  Is the weekly animation good?

  Gu Miao felt that this issue should not just be based on one work, but also to make the most accurate judgment based on the different effects of different works.

  "Sailor Moon R" may really not be suitable for domestic use, what kind of weekly broadcast mode.

   What if I change to another work?

Well!

  Maybe...there is a high probability that it will still be sent?

  Full of malice, Gu Miao gave up struggling. The domestic ratings are not lukewarm, so let's be lukewarm.

  Anyway, "Sailor Moon R" focuses on the neon, European and American markets. Foreigners can just watch it if they like it. As for the domestic audience, he can only say that everything depends on fate!

   Time came to mid-May.

   Except that "A Happy Year of Sheep and Goat" was broadcast in the middle and late stages, the plot line changed significantly, which caused dissatisfaction among many "Pleasant Goat" old viewers, and the word-of-mouth evaluation declined.

  "Sailor Moon R" was cold in China due to the change of the broadcast mode, the ratings were tepid, and the discussion and popularity were not high, but another thing happened.

  The dispute over the right to adapt the animation of "The Chef Liu Maoxing" is finally over.

  Under the beating of Wanbao's legal department, the original author of the comic chose to admit defeat, continue to fulfill the original contract, and handed over the comic "The Chef Liu Maoxing" to Wanbao Animation for adaptation.

  Ghost hand animation is very dissatisfied.

   It is said that some people say that they are still in contact with the original author, hoping that he can accept the conditions of the ghost hand animation and bravely stand up to break the wrist with Wanbao.

   Regarding this, Gu Miao did not panic at all.

  He has already issued an "ultimatum" to the original author of the comic over the phone.

   In a word.

   "If you still want to hang out in the circle and don't want to ruin your reputation, then you should honestly fulfill the contract and don't think about what you have and what you don't have. Wanbao will treat you badly in the future, and Beep Comics will also support you."

   "If you only look at the immediate interests and insist on making things difficult for us, then I have to say sorry!"

   "Shen Chef Liu Maoxing" is a contracted work of Beep Comics, and its original author is also a contracted author of Beep Comics.

  In addition, he agreed to the conditions put forward by Bipbe Comics and Wanbao Animation at the very beginning, and signed an animation adaptation authorization contract.

  Repent afterward, very bad reputation.

  Perhaps considering his future career prospects, including the influence of "Wanbao Group", this poor foreigner cartoonist finally gave up.

  The dispute was satisfactorily resolved.

  Gu Miao was worried about long nights and dreams, so she simply allocated 30 million yuan to set up the animation production team of [Chinese Little Master] in advance.

   Oh yeah...almost forgot!

  Because his apprentice Xiao Guo was not interested in the so-called "food themed" animation, and he didn't know much about Chinese food, Gu Miao didn't assign him as the animation director.

  This job was handed over to a candidate who might be considered "unbelievable" by others.

  Director Wang!

  This director once worked in Feiyang Animation, joined Wanbao after being introduced by President Xiaoxiong, and has produced many animation works such as "Haiwa".

   "Why him?"

  After learning about Mr. Gu's arrangement, Ma Kui asked with a look of doubt: "I know this person is capable, but he hasn't made any achievements in the past few years, right?"

   "There is really no achievement."

   Gu Miao thought about it carefully, and found that what Ma Kui said made sense. Since Director Wang left Feiyang Animation, in the past few years, he has indeed been a bit "out of sight" and has not had any outstanding achievements.

   But he also has his own considerations in choosing Director Wang.

   There are two main reasons, the first reason is the "manpower" problem.

  Wanbao Animation has only a few directors in total. Excluding some directors who have projects or are about to have new projects, there are not many people he can choose.

  Since Director Wang has experience, he can't let him stay in the office, drink tea and read newspapers, and enter retirement early to mix wages, right?

  As a qualified boss, Gu Miao doesn't want to see someone in her company who doesn't do **** all day long, and the salary of white-collar workers is so high.

  The second reason is that he knows that Director Wang has learned to be a chef before...

   "What? He has studied cooking?"

  Ma Kui was dumbfounded, and stammered: "Isn't he an animation producer? How could he have anything to do with the profession of a chef?"

   "This is also an inside story."

  As a former subordinate of Director Wang, and also worked with him for a while, Gu Miao knew quite well about Director Wang's affairs.

  Wang Dao is a "half-way monk".

  He used to be an art student, but it was difficult to support himself by painting after graduation, so he came up with the idea of ​​learning to cook from his relatives.

   After studying for more than half a year, I realized that I am not a chef either.

  I just wanted to go back and continue drawing illustrations of "Cabbage Price" for others, when I suddenly received a call from my old classmate, asking if he would be interested in joining an animation production team...

   That's right!

  This is the story that Director Wang took the initiative to tell everyone when he was in Feiyang Animation and produced the animation "Haiwa".

   It was precisely because of his experience as a "cook" that Gu Miao thought of him.

  Having studied as a chef for more than half a year, whether it is cooking or not, at least one thing can be guaranteed, that is, he has a good understanding of the "kitchen".

   It's not like Guo Hongwei and Huang Kun, who can only eat but can't cook, can't even tell the red case from the white case.

not to mention…

   This is an animation, but not really asking the director to do the cooking! Even if this director's cooking skills are actually very average, as long as he has a wealth of theoretical knowledge, wouldn't that be enough?

  Take a step back!

  Even if Director Wang's "cook career" lasted half a year, he was actually doing errands for others, and he didn't learn any skills, so it doesn't matter.

  Gu Miao had already considered this point.

  The project of the animation "Chinese Little Master" is quite professional because it involves a lot of food introductions, including the production process.

  So, Gu Miao decided to set up a "cooking instructor" position within the animation production team, and hired a professional "state banquet level" chef to serve as this cooking instructor.

   Now, the theory and practice are all full.

   Let’s take a look at the plot of the original manga again. If you can’t do this, the animation effect is satisfactory...

  Director Wang, don't sleep too much tonight!

  After Gu Miao explained her plan, including the role of the special position of "Cooking Instructor", Ma Kui nodded.

   "That's about the same!"

   "However, I still have a doubt, like Master Chef Liu...how do you pronounce that word?"

   "Suaru! Mao! Liu Maoxing!"

   "Oh yes! Liu Xing!"

   Ma Kui slapped his forehead and said, "Aren't animations with food themes like Master Chef Liu Xing too niche? Can the production cost be recovered?"

   Don't say anything else.

  In the field of domestic animation, he has never seen a few animations that focus on "food themes". This theme, no matter how you look at it, belongs to the category of "unpopular"!

  Unpopular topics, because there are too few competing products, it is easy to achieve results, but the upper limit is also very low, making it almost impossible to make a lot of money.

   This is still looking for the best.

   Thinking of the worst?

   To put it bluntly, it’s fine if your subject matter is unpopular, and you don’t even have to sell peripheral derivatives for cooking animations, so you’re still playing around!

  (end of this chapter)