Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight: Dark Journey to the West.
"Animation?" Not to mention Yuan Hong was confused, even Ming Chengzong was a little confused. Why is it related to animation? The company has never done similar business before.
"Actually, animation is not as complicated as you think, and it is even simpler than special effects. You can recruit some people with relevant experience from the market, and you can find headhunting companies for screenwriters and artists." Han Fei did not explain to them.
Too many. If the boss spends all his time explaining to his subordinates, he won't be able to accomplish much in a day.
Yuan Hong and Ming Chengzong saw Han Fei's attitude and understood that the boss had already made a decision and was not here to ask for their opinions, but to let them work.
The headhunting company was very powerful and directly hired the project leader of a team from an animation company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. In fact, although the Chinese animation market has gradually improved in recent years, there are not many animation companies that can truly make a profit.
When Liu Chengming came to apply for a job at a special effects company, he was a little puzzled. This company didn't look like an animation company. There was no animation atmosphere at all.
When he arrived at the office, Liu Chengming had just taken out his resume. When he heard that the animation department had just been established, he almost shrank his resume and cursed in his heart. Sure enough, the headhunter was unreliable.
However, after hearing Ming Chengzong's salary conditions, Liu Chengming was moved again. It was 20% higher than his original salary, which made him very confused. Should he turn around and leave, or give it a try?
"Huh? Are there guests?" Han Fei was a little surprised.
Liu Chengming was stunned when he saw Han Fei, and Ming Chengzong introduced him: "This is our boss, you should know him."
"We know each other, we know each other very well. Our company had wanted to make an anime version of [Tomb Raiders Notes] before, but unfortunately we never had the copyright. Then we made a sidestep and made a copycat version, and the profit was pretty good." Liu Chengming scratched his head in embarrassment.
Well, it turns out there are more solutions than difficulties.
After meeting Han Fei, Liu Chengming chose to fight without hesitation. Looking for a job is like choosing a thigh. Of course, if you want to hug, hug the thicker one. From the perspective of assets, Han Fei has surpassed most people.
Most of the bosses of animation companies own the super IP "Tomb Raiders". Just publishing the animation version is enough for this new department.
Liu Chengming said that he could come to work next week, and he could also bring the original artist from his company with him. Ming Chengzong was very happy to send him to the door of the company.
"I have contacted two screenwriters and they will be here in the next two days. You can make arrangements then." Regarding the screenwriters in the animation department, Han Fei thought about it, but he still felt that traditional screenwriters were not qualified for this job, so he specially started from the author.
The group selected two authors who specialize in writing about immortals.
It's funny to say that when I heard about the recruitment of screenwriters, the author group was all excited last night. Moreover, the salary given by Han Fei was not bad, with a basic salary of 20,000 yuan a month and a decent commission for publishing the manuscript. The requirements were:
Must have experience in screenwriting or painting, and be good at writing fairy tales.
The career of an author is actually very insecure. Unless you have a long-term contract and are at the level of a master, your income will plummet. Sometimes you will even go without royalties for several months. Therefore, as soon as these two jobs were offered, they were criticized by many authors.
Of course, most of the people were welcome, and they were quickly eliminated.
What's more interesting is that this incident has completely confirmed the identity of the group leader, that is, Han Fei, a second-generation rich man, a big boss, a special effects company, and an animation department. This is very impressive at first glance.
One of the two writers who finally got this position once worked as a screenwriter in a film and television company. Later, the company closed down, and he had no choice but to go astray and join the online writing industry. Now that he has the opportunity to return to the industry, he is naturally full of heart.
joy.
Another was a member of the comics club when he was in college, and he even drew a comic strip of Sun Wukong for Han Fei on the spot. Although he had no screenwriting experience, Han Fei still admitted him.
Not to mention having money makes things easier, within half a month, all the staff of the newly established animation department were in place, and Liu Chengming became the technical director of the animation department.
The first regular meeting was hosted by Han Fei. The eyes of the two new screenwriters who had just joined were astounded. They never expected that the boss of the new company was actually Han Fei. Apart from anything else, in the future, they would be with the group of writers.
How exciting is bragging?
After Han Fei said a few polite words to welcome the new colleagues, he got straight to the point: "The first regular meeting today is to determine the development path of the animation department."
Three keywords appeared on the PPT on the conference room projector: 3D, dark, and myth.
The two screenwriters didn't have any reaction. Liu Chengming and several other new employees were a little confused. 3D could understand it because it saves costs. In fact, many people have misunderstandings about 3D and 2D animation. Although 3D looks high-end
, in fact the cost
On the contrary, 2D animation has very high requirements for painting. Sometimes dozens of different paintings are needed in just one second. If calculated based on 24 frames per second, there need to be 24 frames in one second.
Draw a picture to realize the dynamics of the characters.
I have to admire the ingenuity of the Chinese people. If you can't compete on the same stage, then change the track and start again on the same starting line.
Just like the credit card system in Europe and the United States, if China followed their system, it would be impossible for them to improve it, so Alipay and WeChat emerged, which are more convenient than them.
Liu Chengming really didn’t expect that Han Fei would have to start over from scratch instead of using the anime version of [Tomb Raiders Notes], which he could make money while lying down... Is this what it means to be rich and willful? Or should I say, don’t hit the south?
Don't look back at the wall? You have to hit your head and get bleeding to know the happiness of making money while lying down?
The two screenwriters raised their own questions: "Then, where should we start?"
Han Fei changed a PPT: "I have summarized the Chinese mythology system, which can be roughly divided into four parts: ancient prehistoric times, ancient gods, medieval journey to the west, and modern immortals. My suggestion is to start with Journey to the West. However, the traditional
Your understanding of Journey to the West is definitely not enough, so you need to improve the entire worldview of Journey to the West."
The rest of the people were confused when they heard this. The two screenwriters were indeed internet writers, and their understanding skills were outstanding. They quickly concluded two key words: "Dark Journey to the West? Is my fate up to me?"
After the meeting ended, the two screenwriters began to read the original Journey to the West. While reading, they wrote down the interesting keywords so that they could be used in the new system later.
For them, this is like writing an outline for a new novel, breaking down the original worldview of the original work, and then extracting useful elements from it to reconstruct the worldview. Even if this worldview completely subverts the original work, as long as it can form a system and justify it