The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

Eight fifty.

Unaware of the meeting that took place at another company, Shepherd sits in the back of the car, still working on the script for "Mulan."

The "Script Analysis Room" produced by the system is indeed reliable, but as 013 said, the analysis room will only point out mistakes, and will not give any answers. How to write the script and which direction to improve, these all have to be solved. Shepherd Xing slowly explored step by step.And the best version he wrote these days only got a "B" evaluation from the system.

In which direction should we improve?

As he lowered his eyes and pondered, the car stopped silently. Du Yutang, who was both an assistant and a driver, pushed the door down from the driver's seat first, and then respectfully opened the door for him.

Shepherd Xing nodded slightly, got out of the back seat, and looked up at the destination of his trip.

Facing the sunshine without any temperature in the morning, the majestic high-rise building, which is half in the clouds, becomes more and more cold and inviolable. The huge vertical move on the railing on the second floor is clearly visible——

Baiyun Culture Co., Ltd.

For fans of Bluestar ACG culture, this name can be said to be well-known. As Bluestar’s largest comic magazine with the most stable sales, Baiyun Comic Week’s sales volume has always been in the top three magazine sales rankings. It is one of the three most well-known book publishing houses of Blue Star.

Its weekly comic magazine "Baiyun Comics" has a sales volume of more than 200 million.

Not only that, Baiyun Culture has maintained good cooperative relations with many animation, film and television companies, and even game companies. Its popular comics are often adapted into various genres such as animation, film and television, and games. It can be called a leader in the field of ACG.

The purpose of Musuxing's trip is to discuss cooperation with Baiyun Culture.

"...Wedding, wedding, attending a wedding again! Last time the draft was delayed because of participating in a wedding, and this time it was delayed again because of participating in a wedding. How many brothers does he have? Why do he have to attend so many weddings throughout the year? It’s left here, anyway, at [-] o’clock tomorrow night at the latest, he has to hand in the manuscript even if he does, or he has to hand in the manuscript if he doesn’t!”

Just as the front desk assistant led Mu Suxing to the door, an angry voice came through the half-hidden door. Mu Suxing raised his eyebrows, but the female assistant in front looked normal, obviously I am used to all this.

"Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Mu is here."

The female assistant sounded a reminder, and when the editor-in-chief nodded, she bowed slightly, turned around and left.

Unexpectedly, before Mu Su Xing spoke, someone suddenly poked his head out over there, and said unwillingly: "Editor Jing, this setting is really not what you think. To me, it is the comic book. My soul, if I change this setting, my manga will be meaningless..."

"Then make it meaningless!" The middle-aged man called the editor-in-chief waved his hand and said impatiently: "Or you can ignore the opinions given by our editorial department and follow your great idea, and then continue If the readers of the three issues vote for the last place, you can wait for me to cut it in half!"

The young man who had been yelled at was speechless and unable to speak, so he walked away resentfully.

Silence.

As the huge office became quiet again, the editor-in-chief remembered that there was still a guest in the room.

The man's anger subsided, and his face, which was dominated by anger a few seconds ago, was now replaced with a helpless smile: "Sorry, Mr. Mu, I made you laugh."

Shepherd star smiled and shook his head: "Nothing."

Baiyun Culture is in charge of receiving Mu Su Xing. It is Jing Huahao, the editor-in-chief of "Baiyun Comics".

For the arrival of Huaying animation, Jing Huahao is naturally very happy.

Although there are many collaborators in the comics under Baiyun Comics, after all, Huaying is the most popular and profitable company in the animation industry recently, and the left and right animation adaptation rights will be sold anyway. If it can be sold to the production level of Huaying Animation A guaranteed company is of course the best.

Without outside interference, the two quickly got to the point:

"I don't know which comic Mr. Mu has taken a fancy to?" Jing Huahao greeted, recalling the popular comics in his own comic magazine: "Is it "Above the Sky" or "Urban Strange Records" ? Or do you want to read "Deer Spirit Song"? Although this comic has only started serialization this year, its popularity is no less than its predecessor, and it is our most promising new work with potential..."

"I want the right to adapt the animation of "Night Watchman". I don't know if the adaptation copyright of this comic is still there?" Mu Su Xing asked.

Jing Huahao was slightly taken aback, obviously a little surprised: "Yes, but..."

Shepherd Xing's words are actually asking knowingly.

"Baiyun Comics" has a special rule: the work that ranks at the bottom of the reader's popular vote for three consecutive issues will be cut by the magazine. It won't be too far away from being cut in half.

As an out-and-out street comic, the only difference between it and other street comics is that the author of this comic is a veteran cartoonist who has created popular works.

However, the market is ruthless after all. Whether you are a newcomer or a veteran, it is the same under the cruel voting system of "Baiyun Comics". Including selling meat, unfortunately, even so, "Night Watchman" has never been able to get rid of the curse of the last three.

Such comics, even if they are animated, probably not many people would like to read them, right?

Jing Huahao didn't say that clearly, but his expression clearly meant that.

"Mr. Meng Zhiyuan is one of my favorite cartoonists. This "Night Watchman" is also my favorite. If I have the opportunity to cooperate with Mr. Meng Zhiyuan, of course it would be great." Shepherd Xing said with a smile.

It's not like he's lying.

Meng Zhiyuan is indeed one of his favorite cartoonists, and this "Night Watchman" is also one of his favorite cartoons in his previous life. However, as the boss of Huaying, he certainly cannot do it purely based on his personal preferences. The decision, the reason why I chose "Night Watchman" is also due to market considerations.

The first comic of "Night Watchman" was relatively mediocre, but since the second comic, the popularity of this comic has exploded. From an ordinary comic, it has stepped into the threshold of classic Blue Star comics!

For Shepherd Star, buying the animation adaptation rights of this comic is not a whim.

Indeed, with the huge resources of comics in the system mall, he would not have to worry about finding a suitable animation script, but for Huaying, relying solely on the resources in the system mall is obviously not enough.In the past, Huaying hadn't chosen yet, but now Huaying is already among the top animation companies, so it is natural to consider other sources.

Not only that, but the scale of Huaying should also be further expanded.

Ordinary animation is fine, but if it is a long novel such as "Naruto" and "One Piece", once it is serialized, it will take at least a dozen years, but the problem is that Shepherd Star cannot have so many ten years, and As an animation company that has stabilized in all aspects, it is impossible for Huaying to produce only one animation at the same time.

Under such circumstances, two-line and three-line production is imperative.

Negotiations on the animation copyright of "Night Watchman" did not take too much time for Shepherd Star.

Although it was strange for the choice of Huaying animation, Jing Huahao had no reason to push the meaning of the God of Wealth who came to the door. The two sides negotiated very smoothly. Although the contract was not directly signed, it was only a few steps away from the final signing of the contract. It's just a step away, and the cooperation between the two parties will be formally concluded only after the legal department of the two companies makes the final confirmation.

With a relaxed mood, Mu Su Xing happily walked out of the office building of Baiyun Comics.

When he came out, Du Yutang was already waiting there early.Shepherd Xing was walking towards the car while thinking about whether to go to work or go home at this moment - at this moment, his cell phone rang suddenly.

"Hello, is this Mr. Musu Xingmu? I'm Fei Qirui, the executive president of the Yunsu Group branch. I wonder if I have the honor to invite Mr. Mu to lunch?"

Cloud speed?

What are they looking for him for?

Mu Su Xingwei frowned invisibly: "Sorry, Mr. Mu is responsible for handling all external matters of Huaying Animation. If your company has important matters to discuss, please contact Mr. Mu."

President Yunsu over there insisted: "Please believe in my sincerity, Mr. Mu, I am afraid that only you can make the decision I plan to discuss with your company."

He spoke politely and seemed to be quite sincere, but Shepherd Xing always felt a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't tell the specifics.It just so happened that he didn't have anything important to deal with at the moment, and the script of "Mulan" was not in a hurry, so he simply asked, "The location?"

-

At eleven forty, Han Lixuan.

Sunlight refracts into a corner of the restaurant in the sky through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. The walls are covered with plain iris flower wallpaper, and the mosaic marble floor is radiant. In the huge restaurant covering an area of ​​7000 square meters, even the common tables and chairs are Made of expensive wood.

Under the leadership of the waiter, Mu Suxing went directly to the inner box.

The waiter who was walking in front knocked on the door lightly, and opened it only after the inside responded, bowed slightly, and made a gesture of invitation.

When Shepherd Xing entered, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes was already sitting there.

Seeing the Shepherd Star coming in, Fei Qirui didn't intend to directly cut into the topic, he reached out and pushed the menu to the Shepherd Star, and said politely: "Please."

Shepherd Xing was not polite to him either—it was impossible for Left and Right Huaying to ask for Yunsu.

In this way, a meal ended in a weird atmosphere where one of the two was secretly harboring ghosts and the other was nonchalant.

Dessert came after lunch. Shepherd Xing was very grateful for the original dessert of this imaginative restaurant. After tasting two mouthfuls, he threw it aside, and began to take small sips of the black tea served by the waiter.

Seeing that the Shepherd star seemed to really regard "having lunch together" as "having lunch together", Fei Qirui over there finally couldn't sit still. He stared at the Shepherd star who was concentrating on drinking tea for a few seconds, and said straight to the point : "It's like this. After the discussion of Yunsu's board of directors, we decided to spend one billion to acquire Huaying. I don't know what Mr. Mu will do?"

Shepherd's star's eyes shone slightly.

A bit unexpected, but not particularly unexpected. Strictly speaking, it should be considered reasonable?

The success of an animation can still be called a coincidence. A blind cat meets a dead mouse, but the second and third times are successful, and it is the kind of big success that crushes the same period, but there is no way to use coincidence Or luck to explain it.

Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that Huaying Animation will attract the attention of some outside capital.

only……

Mu Suxing didn't answer this question, but instead asked: "Since your company has such an intention, presumably it has already investigated Huaying and has a certain understanding of Huaying?"

"Yes."

"Including me being the actual owner of Huaying Animation and owning 20% ​​of the equity of Tengkong Entertainment?"

Fitchery smiled.

"I understand what Mr. Mu means," Fei Qirui smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "But as far as I know, it may be difficult for Tengkong Entertainment to reach a substantial cooperation with Huaying Animation, right?"

The Shepherd star was silent.

On this point, Fei Qirui is right - this is the reason why Shepherd Star has never sold the game copyright of the animation in his hand. He cannot trade it to Tengkong Entertainment, but he does not want other game companies to obtain it. This has led to countless game dealers flocking to it, but Huaying has always refused to sell it.

The reason is simple: Tengkong Entertainment cannot make such games.

There are many types of games on the Bluestar market, but game makers can use two types to summarize them roughly: one is Yunsu Entertainment, which doesn’t care about following trends or plagiarism, and doesn’t care about the quality of the games. In short, it is enough to make money.

For this kind of game business, the game is just a tool for them to make profits. As long as they can make money, it doesn't matter if they plan to be greeted by players every day for eighteen generations.Under such circumstances, for Yunsu Entertainment, cooperating with IPs that are already popular has become an extremely easy way to obtain huge profits.

Under normal circumstances, the production of a game needs to consider many aspects. A high-profit and high-quality game requires extraordinary creativity as a support.But game companies with big IPs don’t need to consider this at all—directly apply the common card mobile game model in the market, coupled with the hot IPs, tens of millions of monthly turnover can be said to be easy to come by.

This is also the reason why Yunsu Group wants to acquire Huaying.

But Tengkong Entertainment is different.

Tengkong Entertainment started out with computer games. After the PC end became stable, it did not make routine cheating mobile games. Instead, it focused on the console market. Most of the games it produced were 3A masterpieces that were well-received and well-received in the game industry.Unlike Yunsu Entertainment, which has a bad reputation, Tengkong Entertainment is not an exaggeration to say that it is the conscience of the industry in the hearts of many players.

Do you want to vacate entertainment and learn from Yunsu Entertainment, making mobile games that are devoid of nutrition and creativity?

Let’s not talk about whether this kind of transformation can be successful or not, whether the market will buy it or not, if Tengkong Entertainment really dares to make this kind of attempt, the original diehard fans will probably quickly lose their fans and turn back, and they will be the first to kill them. It’s been hard all these years I am afraid that the established reputation will also plummet.

Indeed, Tengkong can also consider buying Huaying's animation IP, add its own game creativity, and make it a conscience game, but in fact, according to Tengkong's level, this kind of game can often be obtained even without IP blessing. Quite a good score - in that case, what's the point of buying Ip?

Seeing that Mu Su Xing said nothing, Fei Qirui's smile deepened: "With all due respect, Mr. Mu, Yunsu is the most suitable partner for Huaying. We have the relatively most complete business chain in the industry—— As long as Huaying is merged into Yunsu, even this relative can be removed."

"We can provide Huaying with rich creative funds and sales channels. Not only that, the company will completely retain Huaying's independent management rights, and will not interfere with Huaying's work. Everything in Huaying's work will continue as usual. With financial support and technical support, Huaying will definitely become Bluestar’s top animation company, novels, music, comics, animation, games... We will connect its entire IP chain and go to the world together,” he said eloquently Tan: "This is not only for Yunsu, but also for Huaying. Mr. Mu, we can win together."

Shepherd star suddenly asked: "What if I disagree?"

The smile on Fitchry's face froze for a moment.

"Mr. Mu, you should be clear that a big company like Yunsu has no shortage of partners," he said quietly, "We can make Huaying the top animation company, and of course we can also support another animation company." The company has become the best in the industry, what do you think?"

His tone was as flat as water, but there was determination and undisguised arrogance.

Disgusting arrogance.

Shepherd star said calmly: "I will consider it."

The conversation ended here. Shepherd Xing did not explicitly refuse or deny it, but it was such an attitude that made Fei Qirui frowned, and immediately made a phone call: "Xiao Shen, I am going to contact Qianli Animation. people."

"The negotiation failed?"

Fei Qirui thought about Mu Suxing's face and attitude just now, and shook his head: "You can't say for sure, you should contact the people from Qianli Animation first, we will work together, and I don't believe that Huaying is not tempted!"

-

The next day.

Mu Suxing just entered Huaying here, and Wen Feihang, Fang Lian and others couldn't hold back anymore, and ran over to gossip:

"I heard that Yunsu wants to buy us?"

This sentence was said by Fang Lian, so as soon as he finished speaking, Wen Feihang slapped his head: "What nonsense are you talking about? Huaying has developed to the present, but how can we say that it is merged into Yunsu with the hard work of all of us?" Merge into Yunsu?"

Priests know what they're worried about.

Facing his own people, he was not as ambiguous as he was when facing Fei Qirui, so he immediately said calmly: "Yunsu did talk to me about the acquisition, but I didn't agree, and I won't agree in the future." After a pause, He asked again, "How do you know?"

He never mentioned this matter to the outside world at all, and now that Wen Feihang and Fang Lian knew about the commotion, there was only one possibility—this news was revealed by someone from Yunsu.

"Newspapers."

Wen Feihang casually pointed to a stack of newspapers on the desktop. As an animation company, Huaying has the habit of ordering animation magazines and periodicals.At this moment, Shepherd Xing picked up the newspaper on the table and took a look. As expected, it was already full of mergers and acquisitions of Yunsu and Huaying.

Shepherd stared at the newspaper on the desktop and thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of a reason, so he simply didn't think about it—he didn't plan to merge into any company anyway.

It is undeniable that the conditions given by Yunsu are indeed very superior, but the problem is that for Yunsu, Huaying is a part of their entire entertainment plan, but for Shepherd Star, Yunsu is painting. Competitors on the road of film and entertainment.

Perhaps the current Huaying is still far behind Yunsu, which has already taken shape in the entire entertainment industry, but Musuxing decided early on to establish Blue Star's Akihabara, and a modern theme built on the basis of Huaying's existing IP. Paradise, how could it be possible to willingly become a part of Yunsu?

Yunsu thinks he has grasped Huaying's lifeblood, but in fact, Huaying's goal is not just to become the top animation company?

three days later.

Maybe because of knowing the attitude of Mu Su Xing, or because of some other decision, the original hype about Yunsu or the acquisition of Huaying Animation suddenly changed, and it was replaced by Yunsu's acquisition of Qianli Animation.

"Obviously, this will be a win-win M&A with strong alliances."

Some newspapers and periodicals wrote in such a vow: "The works of Qianli Animation in the past two years, the only one that can beat them in the market is Huaying Animation. Now Qianli Animation has the financial support and technical support of Yunsu. The production level is bound to improve rapidly, I am afraid that Huaying Animation will not be able to secure its current position, and it will be pulled down by Qianli Animation, which has greatly increased in strength..."

At the same moment, Han Lixuan, in a certain box.

There is still one hour before the signing time agreed by Yunsu Group and Qianli Animation.

"Are we really going to acquire Qianli Animation?" Someone asked in confusion: "Didn't the board of directors say that we should try our best to acquire Huaying Animation?"

If you ask her, a big group like their Yunsu, or a leading company in the animation industry like Huaying, may not be worthy of it. What's the use of buying it?

They, Yunsu, are not specialized in poverty alleviation.

"Not necessarily." Fei Qirui put his hands on his lap naturally, and tapped his knees with his fingertips one by one, and his eyes were fixed on the mobile phone with a black screen on the table. .

He is gambling.

After seeing the information in the newspapers, the gambling pastor star felt a sense of crisis, and then changed his mind.

In the magazine this time, he deliberately made people emphasize the specific conditions given by Yunsu to acquire Qianli Animation. Funds have funds, technology needs technology, and even freedom has not been lost much. What is there to be dissatisfied with?

however--

Time passed by every minute and every second, until the person in charge of Qianli Animation sat down in front of him, and the two parties signed the merger and acquisition contract according to the prior agreement, and the mobile phone that Fei Qirui was looking forward to had never turned on.

Seeing the person in charge of Qianli Animation leave happily, Fei Qirui's face darkened.

He is not one of those executives in the company who have brains and only dream but don't do anything. As he said, it doesn't matter whether it is Huaying or Qianli. Anyway, Yunsu has the ability to make an animation company the number one in the industry, but Huaying The attitude shown in this matter made him quite uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

Fei Qirui originally wanted to rely on thousands of miles to force Huaying to make a compromise. At that time, he would buy the two animation companies together. Wouldn't he be happy?

In fact, Fei Qirui's thinking is actually not wrong.

If it were another animation company, they might have compromised under such attractive conditions. After all, which animation company would not want to become a top existence in the industry?

Unfortunately, Huaying's goal is not to become the best animation company, but to become Yunsu itself.

The more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became. Looking at the mobile phone on the table now, Fei Qirui felt that nothing was pleasing to the eye. He ground his teeth, and his eyes became darker and colder.

……

It was the third day that Yunsu Group officially acquired Qianli Animation.

Sitting in his office, Shepherd Xing habitually took the latest issue of "Anime Information". Before he could open it, the huge title on the cover quickly attracted his attention——

"On the Success Secret of Huaying"

Mu Su Xing moved slightly in his heart, and subconsciously turned to this page, only to see that it read: "... Director Mu Su Xing said at the Eleanor Awards Ceremony that the reason for his success is entirely because he will choose. Many People laugh it off, but after analyzing Huaying's rise, the editor feels that what Mu Suxing said is not modesty, but the truth."

"The success of Huaying may be related to the company's overall production level, but it is undeniable that all of this is also due to the vision of director Mu Suxing, who always makes the most correct choice at the most suitable time. "

Shepherd star frowned.

A very ordinary piece of analysis, even easy to understand, cannot be called analysis.But it is precisely because of this reason that it gives Shepherd a sense of meaning.

What does he want to do?

As soon as this weird thought came to his mind, the assistant Du Yutang over there hurried over, which was completely opposite to his usual calm and self-sufficient image as an assistant.

Before Mu Su Xing asked, Du Yutang just stood still in front of his desk, he gritted his teeth, restrained his anger and said in a cold voice: ""Baiyun Comics" was torn up before the final signature. signed the contract and sold the animation adaptation rights of "Night Watchman" to Qianli Animation."