China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 213 The gap between people

Chen Jingxing first handed over the casting of "Matrix", especially the male lead, to the film's producer team, and then he drafted the list. Then Chen Jingxing then saw if there were any candidates who matched his role.

After quietly launching the "Matrix" project, Chen Jingxing came to Mo's office in Beijing. Mo's current number of employees has exceeded 320 and is still expanding. However, as Mo's reputation gradually increases and his salary and benefits become well-known, the threshold is getting higher and higher.

The rapid expansion of the number of employees has also made Mo's office environment continue to remain in a cramped state - even though Mo has rented two more floors, he has become the company with the largest office area in this office building.

At 9:30 in the morning, the office building entered a busy peak period, and group of people were starting a day's work.

He Chao stood on the third floor dining floor with breakfast while waiting for the elevator while chatting with his colleagues about work.

"When did you come back yesterday?"

He Chao smiled bitterly and compared the number.

"12 o'clock?" The colleague was a little surprised and looked at him sympathetically, then lowered his voice and asked, "I heard that Lao Liang went crazy again last night?"

He Chao sighed and nodded.

"Tsk, our group went to communicate with him yesterday. He was like he was choking. I thought that 80% of your group had to work overtime again." My colleague had already expected expressions. Of course, the "overtime" he said was overtime after overtime. After all, who can't work overtime in their company?

Among them, Mo is a star enterprise in this office building. Since Mo worked here, several other animation companies and game companies have also poached several employees. The boss of their company has not thought about moving the office. However, office buildings in Beijing are relatively in short supply. It is not easy to find an office building with a suitable rent and a suitable space in the short term. Redecoration costs a lot of money. Therefore, the boss complained privately and did not have any action.

They are on the 17th and 18th floors of this building, and the ink is 19th and 15th and 16th floors, and the location and relationship are quite subtle.

Of course, these follow-up works are not very invested. Most of them use inferior three-in-one technology, which is short and has low cost. Even if you bet on this trend in the future, there will be little loss.

However, production can be reduced, but character modeling and art design are one of the most important foundations in an anime. They are very testable and take a long time. Usually, there is no way to take shortcuts - if you don't "get it".

Therefore, the original paintings produced by He Chao's group seem to have a strong sense of visualization in the eyes of colleagues, especially the character and style of the protagonist group. They are all insiders who have been in the animation industry for several years. They have naturally observed "Star God Records" and are really familiar with them.

"More than that, I heard that someone has 30 minutes of an episode, but our company cannot be broken into 20 episodes if it is put?"

"Everyone is in the same building, aren't you afraid of people coming to the door?" said a colleague half-jokingly.

Obviously, the animation company where He Chao works is trying to "get the reference". Perhaps the boss has always had resentment about Mo's poaching. Therefore, when the master beauty proposed to "get the reference" of "Star God" art design and character modeling, the company always agreed happily.

Of course, it was not copied as it was. It pieced together various elements. The background is good and used. This character is good and used. This posture is good and used. Even clothes, accessories, and pupils and hair colors can be directly used and changed slightly.

"I heard that it is said that Fantasy World.com and Penguin Video are both competing for exclusive copyrights. Package the price to open the price!" He Chao stretched out five fingers.

The colleague shook his head and sighed: "It's amazing. The production costs of these two animation series are more than 40 million, right? Moreover, each one is only ten episodes, with a single episode of more than 2 million! The highest cost of Japanese animations can't reach this number. It's really an astronomical number! What's so great is that they can still make a profit!"

However, it cannot be said that there is no action at all. For example, their company recently established an animation project, which is hot-blooded animation. Recently, animations with this theme are quite popular because DreamWorks spent 20 million to produce the second season of "Star God" season. Even if the second season has not yet come out, many animation companies have begun to follow the trend and establish projects. After their works are released, they will be sought after by the market. If you react, it will be said that eating and nothing can keep up with the hotness.

My colleague pointed upwards. The company they worked in is an animation company, which is slightly famous among many colleagues in Beijing. It has produced two or three animation works with good popularity. The office building is relatively remote and the rent is not expensive. More than half of the floors are game companies and animation companies.

Just as He Chao was about to speak, the elevator door opened. Except for a few suits and ties, he was obviously employees of a high-rise insurance company, there was only one young man in casual clothes. The two walked into the elevator quickly and continued to chat: "Have you heard it? Mo's two animation works "The Evolution of 4.6 billion Excerpt" and "The Universe Super Battleship" have been completed, and it is said that the copyright is about to be discussed."

However, this kind of "reference" is difficult to constitute plagiarism. It gives people the feeling that "copying, but it is difficult to classify it as plagiarism at the legal level". It is a careful playing edge ball. He Chao has been working overtime these days to "how can he play edge ball more innocently". This is actually technical. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has modified an original painting a hundred or eighty times.

He Chao shook his head: "A painting has been modified a hundred and eighty times. People who don't know think what masterpiece our company is making. The requirements are so high that he has never seen how awesome the original painting he finally chose is."

"I didn't think about making money."

He Chao said expressionlessly: "This is Lao Liang's idea, and the above agreed. I have also mentioned my opinions before, but they don't care."

He Chao expressed his inner thoughts in a tone: "I have DreamWorks. Why do Fantasy and Penguin Video dare to buy two animations at such a high price? Isn't this for the sake of DreamWorks? How much does DreamWorks movies earn for Fantasy and Penguin Video? What's the point? If we have such awesome parent company, we can focus on polishing the works like Moon and Penguin Video, and don't get any gold and silver. This is the animation, what are we doing?"

The colleague nodded with deep understanding, looked around, and whispered in He Chao's ear: "I guess the rumor is true. He wanted to change jobs, but he didn't want him."

He Chao said that it is better to have the energy and time than to create original works by yourself, but the helpless thing is that the original company is not needed. It means that the popularity of other people shows that their character design and character design are anime fans. If you do original works without reference, can you pass the market test?

He Chao did not agree, but he agreed very much in his heart. Lao Liang is the person in charge of his group and is considered an old animation person. Although he did not see him enter the ink with his own eyes, it may not be without cause. He also sneered in his heart. Lao Liang is just a slut, so he has a good relationship with the boss, otherwise he can become the master of beauty based on his level?

Although He Chao did not respond, his colleague could still see his thoughts from He Chao's expression, and asked softly: "I have read all the new materials you gave... To be honest, it's a bit like..." The colleague pointed his finger upwards.

My colleague knew that He Chao was also the kind of person who believed that he was "not satisfied with talent" and was always angry at his situation. His idol was Wu Han, who once produced "The Legend of the Star God".

My colleague looked at the open elevator door parked on the 16th floor and sighed: "I can't envy you..." What he envied was Mo's salary and treatment.

After the young man in casual clothes walked out of the elevator door, they suddenly realized that the 16th floor was exactly where Mo was. After looking at each other, they turned their heads and looked at the sky.

On the one hand, He Chao held his breath and suppressed his embarrassment, but on the other hand, he suddenly felt that the young man who had just walked out with sunglasses looked familiar...

(End of this chapter)